Queer beyond London

<p><b>With a foreword by Andrew McMillan</b><br><br><b>An alternative celebration of LGBTQ history in Britain offering tales of queer life from four cities.</b><br><br>When it comes to queer British history London has stolen the limelight. But what about the millions of queer lives lived elsewhere?<br><br>In <i>Queer beyond London</i> two leading LGBTQ historians take you on a journey through four English cities from the sixties to the noughties exploring the northern post-industrial heartlands and taking in the salty air of the seaside cities of the south. <br><br>Covering the bohemian artsy world of Brighton the semi-hidden queer life of military Plymouth the lesbian activism of Leeds and the cutting-edge dance and drag scenes of Manchester they show how local people places and politics shaped LGBTQ life in each city forging vibrant and distinctive queer cultures of their own.</p>