Description
Book SynopsisWhen the personal became political it changed British politics for ever. Gay men and the left, available in paperback for the first time, explores the enormous impact that gay politics had on the landscape of post-war Britain.
Trade Review"Lucy Robinson's excellent account of 'how the personal got political' tells the story of Clause 28 and some of what happened afterwards, but mostly it tells what went before."
James Heartfield, Spiked Review of Books.
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Politics and culture – homosexuality and the left in post-war Britain
2. Reporting change – law reform, homosexual identity and the role of the counter-culture
3. Praxis, protest and performance – gay liberation 1969-1973
4. The left gets personal – identity, performance and the left 1972-1979
5. The next big thing – from gay left collective to Greater London Council, paedophile identity and the state of the left
6. Confronting Thatcher – The Bermondsey by-election, lesbians and gays support the miners and AIDS activism
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index
