Authors that Paved the Way

Read more about the LGBTQ+ individuals who risked it all to document important stories and narratives that helped shape the queer experience in Delaware and beyond.

  • A photograph of an elderly white woman holding a photo of her younger self appears in a newspaper feature titled “Lesbian Gentility.”

    Lesbian novels by Sarah Aldridge

    Sussex County, DE

    Some of the first literary works that captured the experience of lesbians in a more realistic, loving light.

  • A Black woman with short black hair smiles and reaches out towards the camera.

    My Rainbow and Trinity Neal’s “Rainbow” Wig

    Wilmington, DE

    Items of significance to Wilmington resident Trinity Neal’s experience as a transgender girl.