Emily Garside and Jason Okundaye in conversation with Sacha Coward

Discover the hidden world of queer history and the forgotten queer heroes whose legacy lives on with our panel of experts. In this conversation with Sacha Coward, writers Emily Garside and Jason Okundaye discuss the stories they have uncovered in the course of their writing, the importance of queer history to our cultural landscape, and the people they wish everyone knew about.

Garside’s Rainbow Wales: Queer Icons Past and Present is an exploration of the household names and hidden icons who have shaped their fields and driven forward queer representation in Wales. Okundaye’s Revolutionary Acts: Love & Brotherhood in Black Gay Britain looks at an elder generation of Black gay men, as he seeks to reconcile the Black and gay narratives of Britain. Coward’s Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters travels across centuries and continents to investigate the queer history of different mythic and folkloric characters.