No way, they were gay? : hidden lives and secret loves / Lee Wind.

Author/creator Wind, Lee author.
Format Book
PublicationMinneapolis, MN : Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, [2021]
Copyright Date©2021
Description296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe queer history project
Queer history project. ^A1451003
Contents Introduction. Hidden history ; Making choices ; Good stuff to know before you dive in -- Men who loved men. What's ahead: Tchaikovsky and the men of Swan Lake ; William Shakespeare ; President Abraham Lincoln ; Mahatma Gandhi ; \tBayard Rustin -- Women who loved women. What's ahead: Freda du Faur and the mountain she named for the woman she loved ; Sappho ; Queen Anne ; Eleanor Roosevelt ; M'e Mpho Nthunya -- People who lived outside gender boundaries. What's ahead: the Chevalier d'Éon and Mademoiselle de Beaumont were the same person ; Pharaoh Hatshepsut ; Catalina de Erauso, the lieutenant nun ; We'wha ; Christine Jorgensen -- Conclusion. It's not about the numbers, it's about a safe space ; The history of the rainbow flag that brought it all together.
Abstract "History was crafted by the people who recorded it. And sometimes, those historians were biased against, didn't see, or couldn't even imagine anyone different from themselves. That means that history has often left out the stories of LGBTQIA+ people: men who loved men, women who loved women, people who loved without regard to gender, and people who lived outside gender boundaries. Historians have even censored the lives and loves of some of the world's most famous people, from William Shakespeare and Pharaoh Hatshepsut to Cary Grant and Eleanor Roosevelt."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Interest grade level Grades 6-12. Lerner Books
Audience 1110 Lexile
Awards noteA Junior Library Guild selection.
Issued in other formOnline version: Wind, Lee. No way, they were gay? Minneapolis : Zest Books, [2021] 9781728419169
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2020013115
ISBN9781541581586 hardcover
ISBN154158158X hardcover
ISBN9781541581623 paperback
ISBN1541581628 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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