Ep 105 - Radclyffe Hall - The Literary Lesbian Who Defied Gender Norms

This week Tracey talks about the (in)famous John Radclyffe Hall, a woman who defied gender norms and wrote a famously banned book: The Well of Loneliness.

We also discuss the state of LGBTQ+ youth in America today and what can be done to protect the queer community

Sources 

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radclyffe_Hall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_inversion_(sexology)

Literary Ladies

https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/author-biography/radclyffe-hall/

Spartacus Educational

https://spartacus-educational.com/Wradclyffe.htm

Legacy Project Chicago

https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/radclyffe-hall

National Portrait Gallery

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp01984/radclyffe-hall-marguerite-antonia-radclyffe-hall

Voices and Visibility

http://voicesandvisibility.org.uk/timeline/radclyffe-hall/

Encyclopedia

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/hall-radclyffe-1880-1943

University of Texas

https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/teaching/radclyffe-hall-una-vincenzo-lady-troubridge/biography/

https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll106/id/44436/

BBC

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221121-the-well-of-loneliness-the-most-corrosive-book-ever

PBS

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/stories/articles/2019/4/1/radclyffe-hall-well-of-loneliness-legacy

The BNA

https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/06/15/the-well-of-loneliness/

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/02/books.gayrights

The Trevor Project

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/

NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/05/1096920693/lgbtq-youth-thoughts-of-suicide-trevor-project-survey

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/06/1161452175/anti-drag-show-bill-tennessee-trans-rights-minor-care-anti-lgbtq-laws

Newport Academy

https://www.newportacademy.com/resources/mental-health/lgbt-suicide-rates/

Williams Institute 

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/impact-dont-say-gay-parents/

Georgetown Law

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journal/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/04/The-Dangerous-Consequences-of-FLs-Bill-on-LGBTQ-Youth-M.-Johnson.pdf

HRC

https://www.hrc.org/resources/myths-and-facts-battling-disinformation-about-transgender-rights

CBS

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lgbtq-youth-suicide-the-trevor-project-mental-health-2022/

Vox

https://www.vox.com/politics/23631262/trans-bills-republican-state-legislatures

ACLU

https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights

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