Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line - A Hidden History of Queer Women

Deliciously informative and rigorously researched , this book imagines the often invisible lives and denied passions of callers to the Lesbian Line, as well as tracing the author''s own coming out story. I loved it .>

About the author

Elizabeth Lovatt is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction currently living in London. In 2019, she was writer-in-residence for Islington Pride and the ruckus! archive. In 2020, she was part of Penguin Books' #WriteNow mentorship scheme. She has an MA in Creative and Critical Writing from Birkbeck and her dissertation was awarded the Lynne Segal BiGS Prize in Gender and Sexuality.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Lovatt
• Publisher: Little Brown
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 12.02.2026
• EAN: 9780349704630
• ISBN: 978-0-349-70463-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Of specific Lesbian interest, British & Irish history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Relating to lesbians, Gay & Lesbian studies, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, HISTORY / LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics