From its inception in 1969, the Scottish Minorities Group (SMG) saw amicable relations with Scottish churches as imperative.
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Revisiting Love’s ‘Golden Age’
Love has a history, but that its history is not quite what we thought it was.
Why I Oppose a General Pardon for Historical Convictions for Homosexual Offences
Why a general pardon is good politics but bad history.
Queers, Homosexuals, and Activists in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain?
evidence of identity and political activism built around a positive interpretation of same-sex desire in the 1820s.
Rainbow Plaques: Mapping York’s LGBT History
York’s Alternative History explores the histories of York which don’t make the guidebooks.
Sexuality, Family Planning, and the British Left: An Interview with Stephen Brooke
A sweeping account of sexuality and socialism in twentieth century Britain.
Queer Domesticities: Matt Cook on Home Life, Family and Community in London
Matt Cook explores queer men’s experiences of home and homemaking in the metropolis.
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