TORCH Book at Lunchtime presents A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945, edited by Dr Justin Bengry (KCL), Professor Matt Cook (History), Professor Rebecca Jennings (UCL) and E-J Scott.
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A queer scrapbook offers a treasure trove of LGBTIQ+ histories from across Britain and Ireland. Packed with materials, from interviews and newspaper articles to photographs and flyers, the book explores urban, rural and regional queer life since 1945.
Commentaries and short essays introduce a changing queer landscape, spotlighting four broad themes: home and family, socialising and sex, arts and culture, and activism and community. The book delves into the meaning and experiences of domesticity and parenting and explores the sometimes unexpected places LGBTIQ+ people met to have fun. It examines the importance of creative work and shows how people fought injustice and advocated for equal rights.
Collecting has been a way for the marginalised to explore and assert identity and community. A queer scrapbook vividly illustrates the diversity of queer and trans lives across the British and Irish isles since the Second World War.
Lunch is served at 12.30pm, with the discussion beginning at 12.45pm.
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