Museum claims the Brontë sisters were ‘genderqueer’! LGBT event includes the authors because they used male pseudonyms (when actually academics say it was just to get their books published)

Jun 21st 2024 2:19pm EDT

A museum has sparked controversy after suggesting the Brontë sisters may have been genderqueer because they used androgynous pen names. Material posted by the Brontë Parsonage Museum to celebrate Pride Month states that ‘gender is explored’ in their work, with some novels even exhibiting ‘gender queerness’. ‘Scholars discuss Lucy Snowe’s gender queerness – noticeable in the […]

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