Tag: gay history
The Royal Mail issue a set of comparative postage stamps to celebrate The 50th Anniversary of Londons first Gay Pride
Seemingly everything in the UK is steeped in history. Tak the national postal service known as The Royal Mail. It started back in 1516 when Henry VIII established a “Master of the Posts”, a position that was renamed “Postmaster General” in 1710. Upon his accession to the throne of England at the Union of the Crowns in 1603, James…
How an 18th Century Pleasure Garden became one of London’s most vibrant gay areas today
Today marks the very first day of Pride 2022. Well, the official designated month, as nowadays for most of us in the LGBTQ+ community it is something we celebrate every single day of the year. For each day in June, QUEERGURU will be looking at different aspects of Pride including how very small…
Roger Casement : a gay Irish martyr or victim of a British forgery?
Sir Roger Casement, CMG, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist between 1911 and 1916, but was executed for treason during World War I. He worked for the British Foreign Office as a diplomat, becoming known as a humanitarian activist, and later as a poet and Easter Rising leader. Described as the “father of twentieth-century human rights investigations”, he was honored in…
Notorious Newport: gay tales of booty, murder and mansions by the sea!
OSCAR WILDE TOURS are dedicated to connecting people to gay history and art which so helps our community (and allies) learn so much more about the journeys taken by some great men and women that have helped us shape our own lives. Sappho and Socrates, Michelangelo and Shakespeare, Marcel Proust and Oscar Wilde:…
Remembering Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket two extraordinary Edwardian ‘drag’ artists
The quintessential British Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were an extraordinary musical duo that stole so many hearts as outrageous Edwardian ‘drag’ artists. Their heartwarming rags to riches story may seem like a gay fairy story now, but for those of us in the Uk during that period, every line is very…
