Whisper Their Love: The Subversive Nature of Lesbian Pulp

Join us for a tantalizing journey into the world of Lesbian Pulp fiction, where love, desire, and rebellion simmered beneath salacious covers. This virtual event, hosted in collaboration with three renowned queer archives—Wanderground Lesbian Archive/Library, Gerber/Hart LGBTQ+ Library and Archives, and The History Project—will explore how these novels, often dismissed as tawdry pulp, became secret lifelines for women who dared to love boldly in an era of oppression.

Delve into the scandalous, subversive stories that pushed societal boundaries and whispered of hidden desires, passions, and complex female relationships. From the groundbreaking Odd Girl Out to the seductive Whisper Their Love and beyond, we’ll uncover how these books defied censorship while fueling the imaginations of countless readers.

Join us Thursday, November 21st at 7:00 pm ET via Zoom for an evening of history, love, and rebellion.

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Gerber/Hart is a LGBTQ+ library and archives located in the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. Founded in 1981, Gerber/Hart is one of the largest repositories of LGBTQ+ content in the world. Gerber/Hart focuses on collecting, preserving, and making accessible the LGBTQ history and culture of Chicago and the Midwest. Learn more at gerberhart.org or by following @gerberhart onInstagram and Facebook. And for a deep dive into some of the amazing collections at Gerber/Hart, listen in to their 2022 podcast Unboxing Queer History!

Jen Dentel (she/her) is the Community Outreach & Strategic Partnerships manager at Gerber/Hart Library & Archives where she has volunteered since 2014. Jen manages Gerber/Hart’s community programming, social media, and communications. Jen’s independent research on Chicago pulp author and activist Valerie Taylor was published in Queer Between the Covers from University of London Press.

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Founded in 2022 and located in Rhode Island, Wanderground Lesbian Archive/Library collects, preserves, exhibits, and brings to life a broad selection of Lesbian publications, media, artifacts, and personal memorabilia primarily between 1950-2000. We specifically seek to gather materials and stories of Lesbians and Lesbian organizations in the New England region. However, we do have many (inter)national items, including a special collection focused on Lesbian/women’s Presses and music recordings. You can see items from our catalog at wanderground.org

Mev Miller is the Instigator/Lesbrarian for Wanderground. The starter collection for Wanderground originates from Mev’s 40+ years of personal gathering and preserving Lesbian cultural artifacts and materials, especially publications and music. She was involved in the Women in Print movement for more than 25 years. Mev was also a DJ for a Lesbian community-radio show for 10 years.

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This event is open to the public!

RSVP on Eventbrite, link to the Zoom will be sent out the day of the event. Email info@historyproject.org with any questions. For security purposes, Zoom meetings require an authenticated Zoom account, so please be sure to register with Zoom prior to the event.

Any donations made support The History Project's mission to document, preserve, and share LGBTQ history and Gerber/Hart and Wanderground. Thank you for your support!