Public-domain archive · 1918
Despised and Rejected
by Rose Allatini
A sensitive composer navigating love, friendship, and military pressure during the First World War confronts a society hostile to both pacifism and same-sex desire.
Why it belongs here
Its intertwined treatment of gay identity and conscientious objection was daring enough to trigger prosecution on publication, making it an important record of queer and anti-war resistance.
GayAnti-warBritishArchive