Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru
A Little Gay History of Wales
Author: Daryl Leeworthy
ISBN: 9781786834805
Publication Date: 02 October 2019
Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, Cardiff
Format: Paperback, 198x129 mm, 192 pages
Language: English
A Little Gay History of Wales examines the lives, cultures and politics of ordinary LGBT men and women from the medieval period to the present day. The book employs pioneering archival research to identify the people, the places and the languages used to describe an experience so often hidden from view.
The following has been provided by the Publisher:
Table of Contents:
Abbreviations
Preamble
PART I: COMING OUT
Chapter One: Hidden From View?
Chapter Two: Legal Limitations
PART II: COMING TOGETHER
Chapter Three: Seeking Love, Finding It
Chapter Four: Dancing the Night Away
PART III: CHANGING THE WORLD
Chapter Five: Law Reform and Afterwards
Chapter Six: A Lost World?
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
Index
Author Biography:
Daryl Leeworthy is the More Able and Talented Tutor at Cardiff and Vale College, and an adult education tutor in Merthyr Tydfil.
Further Information:
• A Little Gay History of Wales is the first book-length historical examination of LGBT activism in Wales laying out the campaign for equality in the twentieth century, the campaigns against Section 28, student and community activism, and recent developments such as Stonewall Cymru.
• It is an example of pioneering archival research, drawing on never-before studied records which charts the lives of ordinary LGBT men and women across Wales.
• It also features wide-ranging historical analysis stretching from the medieval period through to the modern-day, providing guides to changing language, places where LGBT people met and socialised, and their day-to-day experiences of coming out, threats of persecution, and acceptance.
ISBN: 9781786834805
Publication Date: 02 October 2019
Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, Cardiff
Format: Paperback, 198x129 mm, 192 pages
Language: English
A Little Gay History of Wales examines the lives, cultures and politics of ordinary LGBT men and women from the medieval period to the present day. The book employs pioneering archival research to identify the people, the places and the languages used to describe an experience so often hidden from view.
The following has been provided by the Publisher:
Table of Contents:
Abbreviations
Preamble
PART I: COMING OUT
Chapter One: Hidden From View?
Chapter Two: Legal Limitations
PART II: COMING TOGETHER
Chapter Three: Seeking Love, Finding It
Chapter Four: Dancing the Night Away
PART III: CHANGING THE WORLD
Chapter Five: Law Reform and Afterwards
Chapter Six: A Lost World?
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
Index
Author Biography:
Daryl Leeworthy is the More Able and Talented Tutor at Cardiff and Vale College, and an adult education tutor in Merthyr Tydfil.
Further Information:
• A Little Gay History of Wales is the first book-length historical examination of LGBT activism in Wales laying out the campaign for equality in the twentieth century, the campaigns against Section 28, student and community activism, and recent developments such as Stonewall Cymru.
• It is an example of pioneering archival research, drawing on never-before studied records which charts the lives of ordinary LGBT men and women across Wales.
• It also features wide-ranging historical analysis stretching from the medieval period through to the modern-day, providing guides to changing language, places where LGBT people met and socialised, and their day-to-day experiences of coming out, threats of persecution, and acceptance.