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Which stories are left out of the history books? What\u2019s in the documents omitted from the \u201cofficial\u201d record? And what happens when we go in search of people\u2019s hidden lives?\nToday\u2019s book is\xa0\xa0No Way, They Were Gay?\xa0Hidden Lives and Secret Loves\xa0(Zest Books, 2021), by Lee Wind, in which he reminds us that \u201chistory\u201d was crafted by the people who recorded it. And sometimes, those historians were biased against, didn\u2019t see, or couldn\u2019t even imagine anyone different from themselves. That means that history has often left out the stories of LGBTQIA+ people: men who loved men, women who loved women, people who loved without regard to gender, and people who lived outside gender boundaries. Historians have even censored the lives and loves of some of the world\u2019s most famous people, from William Shakespeare and Pharaoh Hatshepsut to Cary Grant and Eleanor Roosevelt. Throughout the text, Lee Wind shares primary sources\u2014poetry, memoir, news clippings, and images of ancient artwork\u2014and explores the hidden (and often surprising) Queer lives and loves of two dozen historical figures.\xa0No Way, They Were Gay\xa0was honored as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection, and was selected for the Chicago Public Library\u2019s 2021 Best of the Best Books list.\nOur guest is:\xa0Lee Wind, who writes stories that center marginalized kids and teens and celebrate their power to change the world. Closeted until his 20s, Lee writes the books that would have changed his life as a young Gay kid. His Masters Degree from Harvard didn\u2019t include blueprints for a time machine to go back and tell these stories to himself, so Lee pays it forward with a popular blog with over 3 million page views (I\u2019m Here. I\u2019m Queer. What The Hell Do I Read?) and books for kids and teens. He is the author of\xa0No Way, They Were Gay?\xa0His day-job is for the Independent Book Publishers Association (as their Chief Content Officer), and for the Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers and Illustrators (as their official blogger).\nOur host is:\xa0Dr. Christina Gessler, who holds a PhD in history, which she uses to explore what stories we tell and what happens to those we never tell. She is the producer and show-host of the Academic Life podcasts.\nListeners to this episode may be interested in:\n\nRead These Banned Books: A Journal and 52-Week Reading Challenge, by the American Library Association\n\nNonfiction Writers Dig Deep, edited by Melissa Stewart\n\nSociety of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators\n\nThis conversation with Dr. Anya Jabour about Sophonisba Breckinridge\n\nGay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities, by Jonathan Coley\n\n\nWelcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey--and beyond! Join us to learn from experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 175+ Academic Life episodes? You\u2019ll find them all archived\xa0here.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies