Title: Gay men and the left in post-war Britain : how the personal got political /
Authors: Robinson, Lucy,
Publisher: Manchester University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Gay liberation movement Great Britain.; Gay men Great Britain Political activity.; Politics, Practical Great Britain.; Gay men Political activity Great Britain.; Great Britain Politics and government
Abstract: "This timely book demonstrates how the personal became political in post-war Britain, and argues that attention to gay activism can help us to fundamentally rethink the nature of post-war politics." "There is an assumption among many of today's politicians that young people are apathetic and disengaged. This book argues that these politicians are looking in the wrong place. People now feel that they can impact the world through the way in which they live, shop, have sex and organise their private lives. Robinson shows that gay men and their politics have been central to this change in the post-war world."--Jacket.
Contents: Politics and culture: homosexuality and the Left in post-war Britain -- Reporting change: law reform, homosexual identity and the role of counter-culture -- Gay liberation 1969-73: praxis, protest and performance -- The Left gets personal: identity, performance and the Left 1972-79 -- The next big thing: from Gay Left Collective to Greater London Council, paedophile identity and the state of the Left -- Confronting Thatcher: the Bermondsey by-election, lesbians and gays support the miners and AIDS activism.