

That isn’t to say that the queerness of the story wasn’t her intention, because it obviously very much was. With her debut novel, She Who Became the Sun, author Shelley Parker-Chan is helping to change that perception – although, that wasn’t her original intention. Queer couples throughout history are referred to in various historical texts as “good friends” or “roommates”, and people today still do not realize just how many historical figures were LGBTQ+. rural Pennsylvania public school), is whitewashed, straight-washed, and virtually everything else-washed, stripped of anything that might be considered “different” or “other” and presenting a very limited, very inaccurate account of events.


History, at least the history we’re taught in school (at least in my limited scope of experience, i.e.
