'Lesbian Love Story' unearths a century of queer romance

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When publicist and writer Amelia Possanza moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., she found herself, for the first time, surrounded by queer stories — on historical placards, on her LGBTQ swim team and on her television screen.

But these stories were rarely about lesbians — and even more rarely — lesbians in love. So began Possanza's journey into the archives to uncover the romances and role models written out of history.

"I like to think of this project as me taking on being the publicist for lesbians," Possanza tells me.

Possanza's book Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives focuses on seven couples, each representing a different era in the 20th century. And, for the most part, they are not well-known figures.