Queering the Titanic, 1912

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This exhibit introduces several of the LGBTQ people who sailed on the Titanic and several of the same-sex relationships, possibly intimate, that developed between people on the ship that sank in 1912. The individuals and relationships discussed include Archibald Butt and Francis Davis Millet; Marie Grice Young and Ella Holmes White; Joseph J. Fynney and Alfred Gaskell; Thomson Beattie, Thomas McCaffry, and John Hugo Ross; and William Thomas Stead. Published originally on OutHistory in 2012. Updated in 2024.

1900-1920

1800s

Butt, Archibald

Millet, Francis Davis

Parsons, Alfred

Young, Marie Grice

White, Ella Holmes

Fynney, Joseph J.

Gaskell, Alfred

Beattie, Thomson

McCaffry, Thomas

Ross, John Hugo

Stead, William Thomas

Canada

Europe

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