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Good As You
- From Prejudice to Pride – 30 Years of Gay Britain
Engelsk Paperback
Good As You
- From Prejudice to Pride – 30 Years of Gay Britain
Engelsk Paperback

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‘One of the most important books about gay culture in recent times’ The Quietus


Long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize

In 1984 the pulsing electronics and soft vocals of Smalltown Boy would become an anthem uniting gay men. A month later, an aggressive virus, HIV, would be identified and a climate of panic and fear would spread across the nation, marginalising an already ostracised community. Yet, out of this terror would come tenderness and 30 years later, the long road to gay equality would climax with the passing of same sex marriage.

Paul Flynn charts this astonishing pop cultural and societal U-turn via the cultural milestones that effected change—from Manchester’s self-selection as Britain’s gay capital to the real-time romance of Elton John and David Furnish’s eventual marriage. Including candid interviews from major protagonists, such as Kylie, Russell T Davies, Will Young, Holly Johnson and Lord Chris Smith, as well as the relative unknowns crucial to the gay community, we see how an unlikely group of bedfellows fought for equality both front of stage and in the wings.

This is the story of Britain’s brothers, cousins and sons. Sometimes it is the story of their fathers and husbands. It is one of public outrage and personal loss, the (not always legal) highs and the desperate lows, and the final collective victory as gay men were final recognised, as Good As You.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
368
ISBN-13:
9781785032936
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1785032933
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
5 jul 2018
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
127mm
Forlag:
Ebury Publishing
Oplagsdato:
5 jul 2018
Forfatter(e):
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