Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers

A BOOK RIOT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A ground-breaking history delivered in a refreshing new voice, Queer Enlightenments details eleven overlooked stories of eighteenth-century queer people who lived extraordinary lives of resistance and joy

Queer people have always existed. In an era when this basic truth faces undue scrutiny, here is a dazzling work of restorative history that reveals the hard-won lives of those who dared to break the mold in the “long eighteenth-century.” At once an illuminat...