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In the last week, meandering around England with some friends, I went to several places that will be on my England tours in April and May, so I thought I would tell you all about the trip. First, in London, I took a quick look around the National Portrait Gallery, to see if things were more or less where I expected them to be. Mostly, the answer was yes, but...Read More

If you’re looking for a journey that feels like stepping into a secret woolgather of queer history, Oscar Wilde Tours’ “LGBTQ+ England, from Edward II to Ian McKellen” is pure magic—and made just for us. Imagine nine days in England guided by people who actually get how queer culture is woven into the tapestry of British history. You’re not just visiting castles and museums—you’re tracing the footsteps of gay icons,...Read More

York is a beautiful, medieval city in the North of England—but is it a good place to look for LGBT+ history? Well, it might surprise you, but the answer is yes: there are major monuments to LGBT+ history in and around York. One is Holy Trinity Church in York itself, where (as you can see from the rainbow plaque) the first gay marriage in England took place—in 1834! Or at...Read More

American travelers have often been to London. It’s easy to fly to, they speak English—in short, it’s an easy place to go on vacation. And when they are in London, many go to Oxford or Cambridge—easy to get to by train. Maybe they take a tour to Stonehenge.Read More

Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki—three of the world’s happiest cities, also the most progressive, and the most gay-friendly.  But did you know they also have a lot of fascinating LGBTQ+ history? Here are a few of the famous LGBTQ+ people from these cities’ past. Hans Christian Andersen is a great example.  The picture we get from his diaries and letters is that he was bisexual but also asexual, i.e. that he had...Read More