BOOK LAUNCH: A Short History of Queer Parenting with Kirsty Loehr

Kirsty Loehr’s first book A Short History of Queer Women, a brilliantly written and incisive history of female same-sex desire was one of Housmans’ best-selling titles in 2024. So we are DELIGHTED that she’s back with another brilliantly written and incisive (and warm and funny!!) history, this time of Queer Parenting! Queer families, Kirsty argues, have always existed. Even Sappho had a daughter named Cleis! For centuries, the women of ‘The Golden Orchid Society’ in Qing-dynasty China were getting married and raising daughters together – platonically, obviously… And Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson’s fabulously bisexual open marriage proved women really can have it all – a husband, two kids, a writing career and Virginia Woolf. Maybe you’re exploring your options. Maybe you don’t want kids but you have questions. Either way, Kirsty Loehr provides another rollicking guide to the ups and downs of queer parenthood through the ages. As always, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please see the ‘Unwaged’ option. We have a no questions asked policy in regards to free tickets. However, if you are able to cover the standard ticket price, we ask that you do so. Our space can only hold a certain number of people and we would like to think the ‘unwaged’ tickets go to those who really need them. If you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier, or arrange for delivery, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. Doors Open at 6:45pm, Event Starts 7:00.