Harlem’s drag balls started at least as early as 1869, with records of them taking place at Hamilton Lodge (aka Rockland Palace). Initially these balls…
Content Warning: Abuse, bullying, violence, adult-child assault. Having already established in ‘Shipped off: Just how young were Brits shipping their children off to boarding…
All the lesbian bars I’ve used as locations in my writing are made up, though I have made reference in dialogue to a few genuine…
In short, really young in some cases. Britain has long had a strange attitude towards the treatment of children — “seen but not heard” was…
Alright, fine, there are other things along the centuries that are to blame too. However, a bishop called William of Wykeham and the devastating…
During World War II, as with many previously male-dominated fields, the number of women police officers (WPCs) increased from 282 in 1940 to 418…
Content Warnings: Homophobia, References to the Death Sentence and Institutionalisation. For decades, the idea has persisted that lesbians were not criminalised legally or…