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A Little Gay History of Wales Daryl Leeworthy

A Little Gay History of Wales By Daryl Leeworthy

A Little Gay History of Wales by Daryl Leeworthy


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A Little Gay History of Wales examines the lives, cultures and politics of ordinary LGBT men and women from the medieval period to the present day. The book employs pioneering archival research to identify the people, the places and the languages used to describe an experience so often hidden from view.

A Little Gay History of Wales Summary

A Little Gay History of Wales by Daryl Leeworthy

A Little Gay History of Wales tells the compelling story of Welsh LGBT life from the Middle Ages to the present day. Drawing on a rich array of archival sources from across Britain, together with oral testimony and material culture, this pioneering study is the first to examine the experiences of ordinary LGBT men and women, and how they embarked on coming out, coming together and changing the world. This is the story of poets who wrote about same-sex love and translators who worked to create a language to describe it; activists who campaigned for equality and politicians who created the legislation providing it; teenagers ringing advice lines for guidance on coming out, and revellers in the pioneering bars and clubs on a Friday and Saturday night. It is also a study of prejudice and of intolerance, of emigration and isolation, of HIV/AIDS and Section 28 - all features of the complex historical reality of LGBT life and same-sex desire. Engaging and accessible, absorbing and perceptive, this book is an important advance in our understanding of Welsh history.

About Daryl Leeworthy

Daryl Leeworthy is the More Able and Talented Tutor at Cardiff and Vale College, and an adult education tutor in Merthyr Tydfil.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations Preamble PART I: COMING OUT Chapter One: Hidden From View? Chapter Two: Legal Limitations PART II: COMING TOGETHER Chapter Three: Seeking Love, Finding It Chapter Four: Dancing the Night Away PART III: CHANGING THE WORLD Chapter Five: Law Reform and Afterwards Chapter Six: A Lost World? Acknowledgements Select Bibliography Index

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NGR9781786834805
9781786834805
1786834804
A Little Gay History of Wales by Daryl Leeworthy
New
Paperback
University of Wales Press
20190915
160
N/A
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