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