Although best known as a 1980s tabloid slur, the term ‘gender bender’ refers to a thriving androgynous youth tribe devoted to alternative music, clothes and nightlife.
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Come to My Cottage: Queer Pleasures and Female Fandom in the Silent Hollywood Era
A century before Heated Rivalry (2025), female moviegoers enjoyed producing queer readings of silent Hollywood stars.
A Love Letter to Bolts Nightclub
Bolts was one of the most vibrant LGBTQ nightclubs in 1980s London, renowned for its Hi-NRG music and its weekly shows that were at the vanguard of gay culture.
Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7
Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 looks back at one of the most shocking miscarriages of justice in recent British LGBTQ+ history
Left Out: Boys, Sex, and the Challenge of “Gross Indecency” Records in Irish History
Child sex work is unspeakable, but what do we lose by avoiding those conversations?
Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures
A radical exploration of the history of poppers and their place in queer culture and experience.
Drag: A British History
A fresh history of British drag performance in all its ubiquity, glamour, fun, and tawdriness.
