This collection of quotations by and about gay people is a celebration of the advances in LGBT rights in the UK over the last half-‐century and a demonstration of the battle against oppression and prejudice that led to them. A diverse range of people from the worlds of entertainment, sport, fashion, business, science, politics and the arts share their thoughts on coming out, equality, homophobia, love, sex, promiscuity, fidelity, bullying, labels and marriage.
Christopher Tinker is the Managing Editor at the National Portrait
Gallery, London, where he has edited Vogue 100: A Century of Style
(2016), David Bailey's Stardust (2014) and Lucian Freud Portraits
(2012). Before joining the Gallery he spent twelve years at BBC
Books, where he edited Jeremy Paxman's The Victorians (2009),
Jonathan Dimbleby's Russia (2008) and commissioned The Wonderful
World of Albert Kahn (2008), a collection of early colour
photographs.
Simon Callow is an actor, director and writer. He has appeared in
many popular films, including Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994),
Maurice (1987), A Room with a View (1985) and Amadeus (1984). His
stage work includes the one-man plays The Mystery of Charles
Dickens (2012), Being Shakespeare (2011) and The Importance of
Being Oscar (1997). His books include a biographical trilogy on
Orson Welles, Oscar Wilde and His Circle (2013), Charles Dickens
and the Theatre of the World (2012), My Life in Pieces, Charles
Laughton (1987) and Being an Actor (1984).
...a celebration of the advances in LGBT rights in the UK over the
last half-century and a demonstration of the battle against
oppression and prejudice that led to them...-- "LGBT History
Month"
the experiences and plight of being gay in Britain are told
chronologically, touching on topics of homophobia, sex and
marriage, crossing sectors of entertainment, sports and
politics.--Catherine Chapman "NBC OUT"
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