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From the time Catterina Vizzani, a young Roman woman, began wooing the woman she was attracted to, she did so dressed as a man. Fleeing Rome to avoid a potential trial for sexual misdeeds, she became Giovanni Bordoni, transitioning and becoming a male in spirit, deed, and body, through what was the most complete physical change possible in the eighteenth century. This volume features Giovanni Bianchi's 1744 Italian account of Vizzani/Bordoni, published for the first time together with a modern English translation, making available to an English-speaking audience the objective, scientific exploration of gender conducted by Bianchi. John Cleland's well-known, albeit fanciful, 1751 version of the story has also been reproduced here, shedding light on the divergent sexual politics driving Bianchi's Italian original and Cleland's greatly embellished English translation. Drawing on the biographies produced by Bianchi and Cleland, the volume reflects on the motivation of each author to tell the story of Vizzani/Bordoni either as a narration of empowerment or a cautionary tale within the European context of evolving sexual opinions, some based on scientific research, others based on social practice and cultural norms.

Vizzani, Catterina --- Lesbians --- Cross-dressers --- Gender identity --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Crossdressers --- Femmiphilliacs --- Transvestites --- Persons --- Female gays --- Female homosexuals --- Gay females --- Gay women --- Gayelles --- Gays, Female --- Homosexuals, Female --- Lesbian women --- Sapphists --- Women, Gay --- Women homosexuals --- Gays --- Women --- History --- Vizzani, Caterina, --- Vizzani, Catterina, --- Bordoni, Giovanni, --- History. --- Gender nonconformity --- Homosexuality --- Gender dysphoria

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Culture and institutions. Using a rich array of oral histories and archival sources, Tomboys and Bachelor Girls provides the first detailed academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain for the scholarly and general reader.

Lesbians --- Female gays --- Female homosexuals --- Gay females --- Gay women --- Gayelles --- Gays, Female --- Homosexuals, Female --- Lesbian women --- Sapphists --- Women, Gay --- Women homosexuals --- Gays --- Women --- History --- Great Britain --- Social conditions --- Lesbianism --- Lesbian culture --- Identity --- Social life and customs. --- bachelor girl. --- career woman. --- cultural practices. --- female same-sex desire. --- heterosexuality. --- homosexuality. --- lesbian identity. --- post-war Britain. --- queer theorists. --- sexual deviance. --- sexual knowledge. --- social life. --- tomboy.

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"Part revisionist history, part historical biography, Bad Gays is based on the hugely popular podcast series. The book subverts the notion of gay icons and queer heroes and asks what we can learn about LGBTQ history, sexuality, and identity through its villains and baddies"-- "We all remember Oscar Wilde, but who speaks for Bosie? What about those 'bad gays' whose unexemplary lives reveal more than we might expect? Many popular histories seek to establish homosexual heroes, pioneers, and martyrs but, as Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller argue, the past is filled with queer people whose sexualities and dastardly deeds have been overlooked despite their being informative and instructive....With characters such as the Emperor Hadrian, anthropologist Margaret Mead and notorious gangster Ronnie Kray, the authors tell the story of how the figure of the white gay man was born, and how he failed. They examine a cast of kings, fascist thugs, artists and debauched bon viveurs. Imperial-era figures Lawrence of Arabia and Roger Casement get a look-in, as do FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, lawyer Roy Cohn, and architect Philip Johnson."--

Homosexuality --- Gay men --- Lesbians --- History. --- Female gays --- Female homosexuals --- Gay females --- Gay women --- Gayelles --- Gays, Female --- Homosexuals, Female --- Lesbian women --- Sapphists --- Women, Gay --- Women homosexuals --- Gays --- Women --- Gays, Male --- Homosexuals, Male --- Male gays --- Male homosexuals --- Urnings --- Men --- History --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Authoritarianism --- Queer --- Biography --- Book --- Perpetrators

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Gays --- Lesbians --- Gay rights --- Gay and lesbian studies --- Gay and lesbian studies. --- Gay rights. --- Psychology --- Psychology. --- Gay and lesbian rights --- Gay men --- Lesbian rights --- Rights of gays --- Rights of lesbians --- Gay studies --- Homophile studies --- Lesbian and gay studies --- Lesbian studies --- Female gays --- Female homosexuals --- Gay females --- Gay women --- Gayelles --- Gays, Female --- Homosexuals, Female --- Lesbian women --- Sapphists --- Women, Gay --- Women homosexuals --- Gay people --- Gay persons --- Homosexuals --- Civil rights --- Education --- Women --- Sexual minorities --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Curricula --- Persons

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Gays --- Lesbians --- Bisexuals --- Transgender people --- Family relationships --- Research --- TG people --- TGs (Transgender people) --- Trans-identified people --- Trans people --- Transgender-identified people --- Transgendered people --- Transgenders --- Transpeople --- Bi people --- Bis (Bisexuals) --- Bisexual people --- Female gays --- Female homosexuals --- Gay females --- Gay women --- Gayelles --- Gays, Female --- Homosexuals, Female --- Lesbian women --- Sapphists --- Women, Gay --- Women homosexuals --- Gay people --- Gay persons --- Homosexuals --- Sexual minorities --- Women --- Persons --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Gay & Lesbian Studies --- Transgenres --- Relations familiales