Queer Icons and Their Cats

ISBN: 9781797203782

Price: £12.99

Publication Date: 1st of June 2021

Freddie Mercury, Sylvia Rivera, Alison Bechdel, Dusty Springfield. This book is a celebration of queer icons of the past and present and their furry feline friends. From images of lost legends such as Josephine Baker and James Baldwin, to snapshots of contemporary trailblazers like comedian Tig Notaro and fashion designer Jason Wu – these charming and eccentric photographs capture what it truly means to be a cat purr-son.

Leigh Bowery: © Mike Owen

Josephine Baker: Piaz Studios of Paris / © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

English pop singer Elton John at Caribou Ranch, Colorado for the recording of his tenth album ‘Rock of The Westies’, 1974. (Photo by Terry O’Neill/Iconic Images/Getty Images)

Dusty Springfield: © Popperfoto / Getty Images

About the authors:

Alison Nastasi is a Los Angeles-based journalist and artist. She is the author of Artists and Their Cats and Writers and Their Cats, also from Chronicle Books. PJ Nastasi is a special-collections librarian living in upstate New York with their partner. This is their first book.