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Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line

A Hidden History of Queer Women

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Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line

By: Elizabeth Lovatt
Narrated by: Roshaan Riyahi-Boni
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 'Compelling, funny, intelligent . . . Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line is a remarkable piece of work.' Kerry Hudson, Observer
'Utterly essential queer reading.' Lucy Rose, author of THE LAMB
'Deliciously informative and rigorously researched . . . I loved it.' Julia Bell, author of DIRTY WORK

With warmth and humour, Elizabeth Lovatt reimagines the women who both called and volunteered for the Lesbian Line in the 1990s while also tracing her own journey from accidentally coming out to disastrous dates to finding her chosen family.

With callers and agents alike dealing with first crushes and breakups, sex and marriage, loneliness and illness (or simply the need to know the name of a gay bar on a night out), this is a celebration of the ordinary lives of queer women.

Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line is a timely and vital exploration of how lesbian identity continues to remake and redefine itself in the 21st century and where it might lead us in the future.©2025 Elizabeth Lovatt (P)2025 Hachette Audio UK Gender Studies LGBTQ+ Studies Lesbian Studies Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences Funny Queer

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Absolutely adored this part memoir part historical look as lesbians and lesbian communication spaces. I loved the stories from the lesbian line logbook and the wide ranging understanding of different aspects of lesbians. In its scope, it shows us all the different ways we can be. Have recommended it to everyone.

Affirming, beautiful, brilliant

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Part historical part memoir part criticism of history. This felt like a book that was trying to do too much. The narrators voice also was not the most pleasant to listen to

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