Out of the Closet: A Collection of Early LGBTQ+ Fiction
Various
Leído por LibriVox Volunteers
This is a collection of 22 LGBTQ+ stories published between 1841-1923, covering a wide span of authors, genres, and literary traditions. Some stories are coded and euphemistic, often framing their central relationships as friendships or familial bonds. Others are surprisingly brazen and bold for their time, courting controversy for their refusal to obscure the sexuality of their chararcters. Some tales come from canonical, widely known authors (Whitman, Chopin, Wilde, Cather), while others emerge from obscurer and less recognized writers (Thanet, Cooke, Bunner). Some are tragic and self-critical, clearly the byproducts of when they were written. Others are lightly comedic or triumphant, bucking the conventions of the time. Throughout each story, however, persists a desire to represent the seemingly unrepresentable, finding expression for the “love that dare not speak its name.”
- Summary by ChuckW (18 hr 15 min)
Capítulos
| The Child's Champion | 24:18 | Leído por Tasha C Mapes |
| In the Tules | 39:25 | Leído por Cavaet |
| The Falling in Love of Fedora | 6:45 | Leído por Tasha C Mapes |
| The Man who thought Himself a Woman | 49:27 | Leído por Yuhan L Jiang |
| Pearl Hunting in the Pomotous | 27:52 | Leído por whisperintoearth |
| Twin Love | 38:24 | Leído por VachaT |
| Portrait of W.H. Chapter 1 | 30:15 | Leído por Philip Erickson |
| Portrait of W.H. Chapter 2 & 3 | 29:28 | Leído por Philip Erickson |
| Felipa | 52:31 | Leído por Anamika |
| My Visitation Part 1 | 29:51 | Leído por WendyKatzHiller |
| My Visitation Part 2 | 34:49 | Leído por WendyKatzHiller |
| A Scrap of Paper part 1 | 43:57 | Leído por Chuck Williamson |
| A Scrap of Paper part 2 | 44:18 | Leído por Chuck Williamson |
| The Man who became a Woman part 1 | 47:49 | Leído por ashleighjane |
| The Man who became a Woman part 2 | 46:37 | Leído por ashleighjane |
| Out of the Deeps | 23:16 | Leído por Tomas Peter |
| There and Now | 35:05 | Leído por Nancy Halper |
| Marjorie Daw | 48:01 | Leído por Christine Rottger |
| Two Friends | 26:56 | Leído por Colleen McMahon |
| Martha's Lady | 38:33 | Leído por EliseDee |
| My Lorelei: A Heidelberg Romance | 46:00 | Leído por PinewoodMists |
| Our Aromatic Uncle | 34:31 | Leído por Joanna Schreck |
| The True Story Of A Vampire | 21:16 | Leído por Tomas Peter |
| The Heart’s Desire | 4:47 | Leído por Tasha C Mapes |
| Two Gentlemen of Kentucky" (part one) | 45:56 | Leído por Mark Nelson |
| Two Gentlemen of Kentucky" (part two) | 22:41 | Leído por Mark Nelson |
| A Boy's Discovery | 18:58 | Leído por Donald Cummings |
| Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament | 1:04:19 | Leído por WendyKatzHiller |
| The Prussian Officer (Chapter 1) | 25:00 | Leído por VachaT |
| The Prussian Officer (Chapter 2) | 27:43 | Leído por VachaT |
| "Aquae Multae Non––" (Part I) | 30:16 | Leído por Devan Tatlow |
| "Aquae Multae Non––" (Part 2) | 36:30 | Leído por Devan Tatlow |