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International Travel in the 1970s and the making of the ‘gay world’

International Travel in the 1970s and the making of the ‘gay world’

This paper will explore the role of gay tourism in the 1970s, focusing on the “discovery” of destinations such as the Philippines, facilitated by an era of cheaper air travel.

Craig Griffiths November 14, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

Alan Turing in Context: Sexual Offences in Cheshire in the 1950s

Alan Turing in Context: Sexual Offences in Cheshire in the 1950s

The local and the ordinary will be reconstructed in order to challenge the ways in which Turing’s exceptionalism has been used in the telling of a particular kind of story about judicial savagery in the 1950s.

Chris Waters November 12, 2017 Conference, Manchester No Comments Read more

Working with The City: an LGBT+ History Partnership

Working with The City: an LGBT+ History Partnership

Bristol Ourstories has found that confidentiality is always as issue in local history, as is representation of trans people, bisexuals and the BME community.

Cheryl Morgan November 11, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

Bars and Bedrooms: Public and Private Queer Spaces in Postwar Berlin

Bars and Bedrooms: Public and Private Queer Spaces in Postwar Berlin

Working from the personal papers of two queer women, Rottman sketches two different efforts to make a queer home, paying particular attention to the intersections of gender and class inscribed in their archival materials.

Andrea Rottman November 10, 2017 Conference Read more

Great Expectations: Migrating to Edinburgh

Great Expectations: Migrating to Edinburgh

Scotland was first in the UK to repeal Section 28 (Section 2A), and many migrants who have made it their home have taken a very active part in shaping political and social change.

Alva Traebert November 9, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

The queer politics and pleasure of Brighton beach

The queer politics and pleasure of Brighton beach

What do Brighton’s Section 28 demonstrations reveal about the relationship between politics and pleasure when it comes to queer resistance.

Louise Pawley November 1, 2017 Brighton, Conference No Comments Read more

QUEER LIVES PAST AND PRESENT: INTERROGATING THE LEGAL

QUEER LIVES PAST AND PRESENT: INTERROGATING THE LEGAL

Queer Lives Past and Present brings together scholars working on diverse aspects of the LGBT and queer past to discuss how the legal affected, and continues to affect, everyday queer lives.

Craig Griffiths October 27, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

Queer Circulations: Gay, Trans and Black Truck Drivers Tell Stories of Independence and of State Surveillance

Queer Circulations: Gay, Trans and Black Truck Drivers Tell Stories of Independence and of State Surveillance

How do queer and trans truckers use the independence and motion the job provides to escape some of the social constraints placed on them by an often hostile world?

Anne Balay October 24, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

Rainbow Pilgrims: The Rites and Passages of LGBTQI Migrants in Britain

Rainbow Pilgrims: The Rites and Passages of LGBTQI Migrants in Britain

Rainbow Pilgrims is a landmark project that discovers the hidden history of LGBTQI migrants in the UK past and present.

Shaan Knan October 16, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

“The Prairies–Coming Out Strong”: Western Canadian Queer Communities, 1969-1985

“The Prairies–Coming Out Strong”: Western Canadian Queer Communities, 1969-1985

Prairie activists and actors were interested in creating spaces for socializing, politicizing and organizing other queer people, both in the cities and the small towns/rural areas.

Valerie Korinek October 13, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more
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Queer beyond London is an AHRC-funded collaboration between Birkbeck College, University of London and Leeds Beckett University to explore the local LGBTQ histories of Brighton, Leeds, Manchester and Plymouth.

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Matt Cook (Project Investigator)
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