The "world's oldest lesbian"

To the outside world, Monte Punshon was utterly respectable. But her perfect 19th-century diction disguised her wild past as a bad girl who hung out at edgy Melbourne bars and secret drag parties and was monitored in the lead-up to WWII by security services who suspected her Japanese teacher was a spy. The ANU's Tessa Morris-Suzuki joins the show to talk about the woman dubbed "the world's oldest lesbian" after coming out at the age of 103. Get the book at: Like the show? Go to heraldsun.com.au/ibaw for more.

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The "world's oldest lesbian" is an episode from In Black and White by audio@news.com.au.

This episode is 31:08 long.

This episode was published on Aug 12, 2024.

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