
- 416 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Pride, Pop and Politics
About this book
Pride, Pop and Politics charts the development of gay culture and the rise of LGBTQ politics in the UK, from the formation of the Gay Liberation Front to the present day, through the music that provided the soundtrack.Fifty years on from Britain's first Pride march, the long road to LGBT equality continues. Through protest songs and gay club nights, street theatre activism and fundraising concerts, the performing arts have played an influential role in each great stride made.With new interviews with musicians and DJs, performers and activists, including Andy Bell, Jayne County, John Grant, Horse McDonald and Peter Tachell, Pride, Pop and Politics hears from those whose art has been influenced by the campaign for LGBT rights – and helped push it forward.This informative, eye-opening book is the first to focus on the relationship between gay nightlife and political activism in Britain.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- A Note on Language
- A Note on Sources
- Introduction
- 1. Before Stonewall
- 2. Sowing the Seeds of Liberation
- 3. Dancing with the GLF
- 4. The Festival of Lies
- 5. Subversives in Sequins
- 6. Have You Heard the News?
- 7. Taking a Stand
- 8. Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves
- 9. Queer Things Are Happening
- 10. Britain’s Stonewall
- 11. Better Blatant Than Latent
- 12. Cocks in Frocks
- 13. Blasphemy!
- 14. Gay’s the Word
- 15. The Shock of the New
- 16. The Gay Plague
- 17. Out!
- 18. Pride, Pits and Perverts
- 19. The Kiss
- 20. No Clause
- 21. A Death in the Family
- 22. This Is Britpop
- 23. Pride in Crisis
- 24. 21st-Century Boys and Girls
- 25. Celebrate!
- 26. Pinkwashing
- 27. Where Are We Now?
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Copyright