Out of the Closet: A Collection of Early LGBTQ+ Fiction
Various
Gelesen von 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)
Kapitel
| The Child's Champion | 24:18 | Gelesen von Tasha C Mapes |
| In the Tules | 39:25 | Gelesen von Cavaet |
| The Falling in Love of Fedora | 6:45 | Gelesen von Tasha C Mapes |
| The Man who thought Himself a Woman | 49:27 | Gelesen von Yuhan L Jiang |
| Pearl Hunting in the Pomotous | 27:52 | Gelesen von whisperintoearth |
| Twin Love | 38:24 | Gelesen von VachaT |
| Portrait of W.H. Chapter 1 | 30:15 | Gelesen von Philip Erickson |
| Portrait of W.H. Chapter 2 & 3 | 29:28 | Gelesen von Philip Erickson |
| Felipa | 52:31 | Gelesen von Anamika |
| My Visitation Part 1 | 29:51 | Gelesen von WendyKatzHiller |
| My Visitation Part 2 | 34:49 | Gelesen von WendyKatzHiller |
| A Scrap of Paper part 1 | 43:57 | Gelesen von Chuck Williamson |
| A Scrap of Paper part 2 | 44:18 | Gelesen von Chuck Williamson |
| The Man who became a Woman part 1 | 47:49 | Gelesen von ashleighjane |
| The Man who became a Woman part 2 | 46:37 | Gelesen von ashleighjane |
| Out of the Deeps | 23:16 | Gelesen von Tomas Peter |
| There and Now | 35:05 | Gelesen von Nancy Halper |
| Marjorie Daw | 48:01 | Gelesen von Christine Rottger |
| Two Friends | 26:56 | Gelesen von Colleen McMahon |
| Martha's Lady | 38:33 | Gelesen von EliseDee |
| My Lorelei: A Heidelberg Romance | 46:00 | Gelesen von PinewoodMists |
| Our Aromatic Uncle | 34:31 | Gelesen von Joanna Schreck |
| The True Story Of A Vampire | 21:16 | Gelesen von Tomas Peter |
| The Heart’s Desire | 4:47 | Gelesen von Tasha C Mapes |
| Two Gentlemen of Kentucky" (part one) | 45:56 | Gelesen von Mark Nelson |
| Two Gentlemen of Kentucky" (part two) | 22:41 | Gelesen von Mark Nelson |
| A Boy's Discovery | 18:58 | Gelesen von Donald Cummings |
| Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament | 1:04:19 | Gelesen von WendyKatzHiller |
| The Prussian Officer (Chapter 1) | 25:00 | Gelesen von VachaT |
| The Prussian Officer (Chapter 2) | 27:43 | Gelesen von VachaT |
| "Aquae Multae Non––" (Part I) | 30:16 | Gelesen von Devan Tatlow |
| "Aquae Multae Non––" (Part 2) | 36:30 | Gelesen von Devan Tatlow |