Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 by Peter Parker Groundswell Speaker 2024 Publication Date: 1946

Publication Date: 1946

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In this lushly gothic

ready to start afresh in 1950s London

he replied: ‘Yes

Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 by Peter Parker Groundswell Speaker 2024 Publication Date: 1946In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated. In a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were well known figures such as John Gielgud, Chips Channon and E. M. Forster, or living lives of quiet or occasionally rowdy