queerasfact:Happy birthday to Anne Lister, the 19th-century land-owner who brought us secret lesbian
queerasfact:Happy birthday to Anne Lister, the 19th-century land-owner who brought us secret lesbian code! Anne was born 228 years ago today, and wrote almost four million words (6600 pages!) of diaries, including detailed descriptions of her romantic and sexual relationships with women. Her diaries are a treasure trove of information about her life, and one of the only first-hand accounts we have of wlw relationships in the 19th century! If you send us messages in lesbian code to celebrate this day, we will be super happy.For the full story of Anne’s life, check out our not one but two podcast episodes on her! -- source link