"Woman and friend"

Short novel published in 1941, despite what Bookwyrm says. Written by another feminist and LGBTQ Dutch author. Anna Blaman was a lesbian who so openly and non-judgmentally wrote about gay characters and same-sex desires in her books that her fellow authors accused her of crimes against literature in a mock-trial. It did not stop her.

@hippocraticrat As far as I can tell, the novel that triggered the mock trial has only been translated into German, but one of her later novels was translated into English. The title is "A Matter of Life and Death", and it was published in 1974 by Twayne Publishers. I also just saw it's available on archive.org, if you'd like to read it!