ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

Rainbow Wales

Queer icons past and present

Emily Garside author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Wales Press

Publishing:7th May '26

£16.99

This title is due to be published on 7th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Rainbow Wales cover

Who are the Queer figures, past and present, who have made, and continue to make, Welsh history?   Discover the diverse array of LGBTQ+ figures influencing Wales – and the world – in an exploration of the household names and hidden icons who have shaped their fields and driven forward Queer representation.    From Jan Morris to Ivor Novello, Kenneth Williams to Callum Scott Howells, Jess Fishlock to Lauren Price, via Terrence Higgins, The Vivienne and Owain Wyn Evans, Welsh people have marked the breadth and variety of Queer achievement.  Rainbow Wales is an exciting, inspiring tour of figures from culture and sport to politics and activism, and a jubilant exploration of the rich tapestry of Queer identity in Wales.  

ISBN: 9781837600342

Dimensions: 216mm x 135mm x 26mm

Weight: unknown

240 pages