What Do We Know About Being Queer in Medieval Britain?

The Medieval town of Conwy, North Wales. Photo by author.

There’s a powerful myth that circulates…the one that homosexuality was somehow invented in, oh, about the 19th century.

Queer people have been around for, likely, longer than we have been Homo sapiens.

So, what do we know about what it was like to be gay in Medieval Britain? (note I’m keeping it there because Europe varied a lot).