Messages to the future? Lesbian subversion of official categories in the 1921 UK census
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12458996 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Derry (0000-0002-5248-5965, The Open University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Lesbian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1089-4160 • E-ISSN: 1540-3548 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10894160.2026.2622097 |
| PMID | 41620929 |
| OpenAlex | W7127051130 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
Their rebellions are both a form of activism and an archive within an archive, allowing historians to capture experiences which might otherwise be unrecorded. In a time where patriarchal hierarchies are being reasserted, listening to these messages from the past has taken on new urgency
Active listening · Census · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Subversion · Data Analysis and Archiving · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
Silence and Concealment in Political Discourse
Women who prefer “lesbian” to “queer”
Is lesbian identity obsolete
Lesbian vitality
Lesbian processing at the end of the world
Unknowable Bodies, Unthinkable Sexualities
The English Census of 1921
Sex, science and curated community at the World League for Sexual Reform 1929 conference
The Nick of Time
Time Travels
Lesbianism and Feminist Legislation in 1921
Women, Work and the Census
The Association for Moral and Social Hygiene
Public history and popular memory
Useful In/stability
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |