On Queer Street: A Social History of British Homosexuality, 1895-1995HarperCollins, 1997 - 305 pages From the author of the much-praised The Fitzrovians, On Queer Street tells the story of the gay community's steady rise from an Edwardian underworld to a level of near-acceptance and legal toleration. |
Contents
The Horrors of Peace Were Many | 151 |
The Ray of Hope | 177 |
Youll Pardon the Mess | 197 |
Copyright | |
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