She filled thousands of pages with millions of words, around one-sixth of them penned in a secret code of symbols and letters that she developed to conceal her sexual relationships with women. Since 1806, when she was 15 years old, Lister had been unburdening her most intimate thoughts into her journals. Created, written and co-directed by Sally Wainwright, who was also at the helm of the British television shows “Happy Valley” and “Last Tango in Halifax,” “Gentleman Jack” is a rollicking portrait of Lister and the world she inhabited at the height of the Industrial Revolution. Now, some 200 years after she dazzled and befuddled her contemporaries, Lister is the subject of “ Gentleman Jack ,” a new series premiering April 22 on HBO and on the BBC later this spring. “May we live to enjoy many more such anniversaries!” Lister wrote.
And on that day in 1835, Lister turned to her diary, as she so often did, to express her happiness. Their union was not legally recognized, but they considered themselves married. Around one year earlier, Anne Lister and Ann Walker had moved in together, exchanged rings, and taken communion together in a parish church. On February 10, 1835, two women from West Yorkshire, England, tucked into a plum pudding to celebrate the first anniversary of their secret marriage.
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