June 11- Aelred of Rievaulx While a lot of historical queer research focuses on sexuality or presenting oneself outside of societally-expected gender norms, Aelred of Rievaulx reminds us that romantic feelings are enough to define our queerness, with or without any outward physical actions. Aelred was born in Yorkshire, England during the early 12th century.... Continue Reading →

June 29- Vitória To really drive the point that there are more examples of specialized vocabulary for pre-colonial and colonial era queer folk and that we have always been here, Luiz Mott, a Brazilian queer historian, “popularized” the story of a woman from Benin from the arrest records of the Portuguese Inquisition in Lisbon in... Continue Reading →

June 30- A Word about Erasure We have arrived at the end of the month, and over the course of the past 30 days we have been introduced to stories about a wide range of queer people from history. Some were closeted, others were not; some were names that would be familiar to many SCAdians,... Continue Reading →