There was an exquisite cruelty about the way her remarks were directed towards the opposition Labour Party.
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(Sexual) Labour Day
Researching prostitution makes Julia Laite more of a labour historian than a historian of sexuality.
Gender, Sex and Sexuality in 20th-Century British History: Some new directions
The symposium demonstrated the continued vitality of research into gender, sex and sexuality in modern British history
The Erotics of Shaving in Victorian Britain
Beardedness in nineteenth-century Britain had definite implications for manliness and sexuality.
"The buggers are legal now, what more are they after?" A trade union moment
CHE was not the only organisation to be engaging with the question of being gay – or openly gay – in the workplace.
‘Dinnae Meddle!’*: Scotland and the Historiography of Homosexual Law Reform
Scotland was not included in the 1967 Sexual Offences Act.
Glad To Be Gay in Scarborough (1980)
Lesbians and gay men could begin to participate in union activities to make the workplace habitable for everyone.
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover: A Queer Case
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Working Out: Reflections of gay trade union activism in the 1970s UK