Elsa Gidlow did not like Canada when she moved with her family here from Hull, England, at the age of six. It was too cold, and even at an early age, she saw it was too Victorian.
We’re lucky she came here, though. Gidlow gives us our first look at Canada’s queer [...]
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Elsa Gidlow
Posted in Blogroll, Dominion of Canada, gay/bi men's history, lesbian/bi women's history on November 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The First Poets, Part 1: “Gaydar Moments”
Posted in Blogroll, Dominion of Canada, gay/bi men's history, history on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In John Barton’s introduction to Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets, he describes what he calls “a gaydar moment.” For Canada’s earliest poets, we can only speculate on their sexuality – educated guesses based on their work, their lives, and the context of their times.
The few openly gay literary critics [...]
