Famous gay writers

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• A literary tribute to the life and achievements of the late award-winning writer and illustrator incorporates personal stories, childhood photos, artwork samples and analyses of DePaola's celebrated books.

• Drawing on newly discovered letters, documents, first draft notebooks and the full transcript of the libel trial, this meticulously researched account of Oscar Wilde's existence returns the man "to his times, and to the facts," giving us Wilde's own…

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• In the first biography of James Baldwin in over a decade, Bill Mullen celebrates the personal and political life of the great American writer who refused to shy away from the fire. As a lifelong radical, anti-imperialist, black queer advocate,…

• After immigrating from Jamaica to the United States, Prince Shakur’s family is rocked by the murder of Prince’s biological father in 1995. As Shakur begins to unravel his family’s se

  20 Queer Authors from History Who You Need to Know

  Given the scarcity of satisfactory LGBTQ inclusion, one might be inclined to consider that LGBTQ people haven’t existed for the bulk of human history. Nothing could be further from the revelation. Queer folks hold been around since the dawn of time, and we aren’t going anywhere. Discrimination, violence, and oppression have contributed to the erasure of queer individuals who have been blazing the trails since before your grandparents’ grandparents were born, and here is just a small drop in the ocean of queer writers throughout history.

   

  1. Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

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  Walt Whitman was a American, poet, creator, essayist, and writer. His prolific career is perhaps optimal remembered for his epic poems Leaves of Grass and Song of Myself. Biographers have continually debated Whitman’s sexual orientation; his poetry, particularly Leaves of Grass, which faced serious censorship after its publication, contains several homoerotic images, however others dispute that this was unintentional. Whitman himself was cagey (to say the least) about the gender non-conforming tones in his work. He often denied that there was an
  
  

  Prominent Queer Writers Throughout History

  • Walt Whitman was an American poet, author, essayist, and journalist. He wrote well-known works such as Leaves of Grass and Anthem of Myself. Although he never confirmed his sexuality to the public, those close to him say he was very expose about being queer.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman
  • Oscar Wilde was an Irish novelist and poet. He is remembered by his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. This novel was largely criticized for having homoerotica. He is well-known for his "the love that dare not speak its name" in which he said "it is lovely, it is fine, it is the noblest form of tenderness. There is nothing unnatural about it." He is one of the novelists that claim Whitman was queer, stating that they shared a kiss once.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
  • Virginia Woolf was an English author and poet. She is optimal known for publishing Mrs. Dalloway, A Room of One's Possess, and Orlando. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Community, a group of literary figures who encouraged being liberated about sexuality and sensuality. She had a long-term relationship with female
    

    LGBTQ Science Fiction Writers

    LGBTQ Science Fiction Writers

    A large number of popular science fiction writers have identified as Lesbian, Queer , Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer (LGBTQ). Many of the themes in science fiction novels themselves originate from the being experiences of the LGBTQ community. These include escapism, marginalization, sexual desire, super-intelligence, feminism, deviant desires, and more. After all, the imagined worlds of science fiction includes worlds that are alternative than our possess and often contain minority aspects of sexual desire.

    It is believed that the very first science fiction scribe in history, the Greek writer Lucian (120-150 AD), was also the first gay writer in history. Perhaps the most famous science fiction writer of all time is gay writer Arthur C. Clarke, the author of the book 2001: A Space Odyssey.

    Similar to Lucian, many of the LGBTQ science fiction writers are also academics and teach courses on gender issues, race, and sexual diversity. Several are important leaders in the feminist collective and have used science fiction as a means to express their vision of the perfect world. Several of these LGBTQ authors are recipients