Queer footprints : a guide to uncovering London's fierce history / Dan Glass.

  • Glass, Dan
Date:
2023
  • Books

About this work

Description

"This groundbreaking guide will take you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious and empowering events of London's queerstory. Follow in the footsteps of veteran activisits, such as those who marched in London's first Pride parade in 1972 or witnessed the 1999 bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho."--Back cover.

Publication/Creation

London ; Las Vegas, NV : Pluto Press, 2023.

Physical description

xv, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographic references (pages 299-329) and index.

Contents

Homosexuals Come Out! Soho -- Even a homosexual can be revolutionary. Brixton -- The Pansies are in Bloom. Trafalgar Square -- The Fags have lost the wounded look. Piccadilly -- A Cache of diamonds. Whitechapel -- You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? King's Cross -- All Power to the People! Ladbroke Grove -- Mini-Minces. Short Queer Power stops.

Notes

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    TPO.43
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780745346212
  • 0745346219