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Bigoted British tiger that bit off more than it could chew

Bigoted British tiger that bit off more than it could chew

by Talking Humanities | Feb 16, 2021 | Features, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources

Graham McKerrow, a contributor to ‘Queer Between the Covers’ (University of London Press, May 2021), looks at Operation Tiger, the British state’s attempt in the 1980s to prohibit the importation of all queer books, newspapers and magazines, including the latest...
Classified ads to club culture – what archives reveal about queer history

Classified ads to club culture – what archives reveal about queer history

by Talking Humanities | Nov 21, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

The legal and social pressures exerted on LGBTQ+ people to suppress their desire and loves may have had success in the eyes of their oppressors. But the subcultures it created are rich and varied and recorded in ways that don’t take much to research and share. And an...

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