Queering the Titanic, 1912

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.