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Bad Gays

A Homosexual History

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Bad Gays

By: Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey
Narrated by: Ben Allen
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Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller argue, the past is filled with queer people whose sexualities and/or dastardly deeds have been overlooked. We all remember Oscar Wilde, but who speaks for Bosie? What about those 'bad gays' whose un-exemplary lives reveals more than we might expect?

Part-revisionist history, part-historical biography and based on the hugely popular podcast series, Bad Gays subverts the notion of gay icons and queer heroes and asks what we can learn about LGBTQ history, sexuality and identity through its villains and baddies.

From the Emperor Hadrian to notorious gangster Ronnie Kray, the authors excavate the buried history of queer lives. This includes fascist thugs, famous artists, austere puritans and debauched bon viveurs, Imperialists, G-men and architects. Together these amazing life stories expand and challenge the mainstream assumptions of sexual identity.

Amusing, disturbing and fascinating, Bad Gays puts centre stage the queers villains and evil twinks in history.©2022 Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd Human Sexuality LGBTQ+ Studies LGBTQIA+ Creators Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences LGBTQIA+ Socialism
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I found this a most unusual and fascinating book. Obviously it required a great deal of research in some odd corners of history, and I would say this effort was repaid in the many great stories of the book. Not all the gays were particularly bad - merely thought so by their contemporaries. The narrator was excellent.

Fine study of some gay people seldom celebrated.

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