United queerdom : from the legends of the Gay Liberation Front to the queers of tomorrow / Dan Glass.
Publisher: London : Zed Books, 2020Description: xi, 338 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 022740436ISBN: 9781786998767; 9781786998750Subject(s): Gay Liberation Front (London, England) -- History | Gay liberation movement -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Gay liberation movement -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century | Sexual minorities -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Sexual minorities -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 306.766 GLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 114269 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Throughout the 1970s the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) initiated an anarchic campaign that permanently changed the face of Britain. Inspired by the Stonewall uprisings in the US, the GLF demanded a 'Absolute Freedom For All' worldwide. Yet half a century on, injustice is rife and LGBT+ inequality remains. Complete LGBT+ liberation means housing rights, universal healthcare, economic freedom and so much more. Although many people believe queers are now free and should behave, assimilate and become palatable - Dan Glass shows that the fight is far from over.
United Queerdom evocatively captures over five decades of LGBT+ culture and protest from the GLF to 2020s. Showing how central protest is to queer history and identity this book uncovers the back-breaking hard work as well as the glamorous and raucous stories of those who rebelled against injustice and became founders in the story of queer liberation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. vii)
- Language and Abbreviations (p. ix)
- Acknowledgements (p. xi)
- Part 1 Sex
- 1 Chicken Soup (p. 3)
- 2 An Inalienable Right (p. 8)
- 3 Shafted? (p. 22)
- 4 Sprawling Anthills Deep Underground (p. 45)
- 5 Leave the Gay Donkeys Alone (p. 58)
- Part 2 Power
- 6 The Golden Egg (p. 79)
- 7 Coming Into (p. 117)
- 8 Janine (p. 135)
- 9 As Soon as this Pub Closes (p. 146)
- 10 Here We Dare to Dream (p. 165)
- Part 3 Space
- 11 Sex Litter (p. 201)
- 12 Over Our Dead Bodies (p. 212)
- 13 Homo Hope (p. 233)
- 14 Spirit of the Camp Road (p. 254)
- 15 Liberation or Slavery (p. 291)
- Notes (p. 304)
- Bibliography (p. 321)
- Index (p. 327)
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