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From government ministers and spies to activists, drag queens and
celebrities, Odd men out charts the tumultuous history of gay men
in 1950s and 60s Britain. It takes us from the earliest tentative
steps towards decriminalisation to the liberation movement of the
early 1970s. Along the way, it catalogues shocking repression,
including laws against homosexual activity and the use of brutal
medical 'treatments'. Odd men out draws on medical data and opinion
polls, broadcast recordings, theatrical productions, and extensive
interviews with key players, as well as an in-depth analysis of the
Wolfenden Report and the circumstances surrounding its creation. It
brings to life pivotal moments in gay mens' cultural
representation, ranging across the West End and emerging writers
like Joe Orton, the British film industry, the BBC, national
newspapers, fashion catalogues and music magazines. Celebrating the
joy of gay lives as well as the hardships, Odd men out preserves
the voices of a disappearing generation who revolutionised what it
meant to be a gay man in twentieth-century Britain. -- .
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