This work examines how death, suicide and violence shaped modern queer culture, arguing
that negative experiences, as much as affirmative subculture formation, influenced the …

Prairie Fairies draws upon a wealth of oral, archival, and cultural histories to recover the
experiences of queer urban and rural people in the prairies. Focusing on five major urban …

At a time when issues of gender and sexuality are as prominent as they have ever been,
Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe provides an authoritative exploration of the …

We are used to thinking of human rights as a matter for state governments to deal with. Much
less investigated is the question of what cities do with them, even though urban communities …

This book examines sexuality in the past, and explores how it helps explain sexuality in the
present. The subject of sexuality is often a controversial one, and exploring it through a …

This article discusses how gender and (homo) sexual relations were disciplined in Hungary
during the 1970s, part of the Kádár era, named after János Kádár, the top political leader of …

Based on archive research and interviews with activists who were affiliated with the early
homosexual subculture in Budapest, this article traces the transformation of a secretive and …

When it comes to queer British history, London has stolen the limelight. But what about the
millions of queer lives lived elsewhere? In Queer beyond London, two leading LGBTQ+ …

Many regard urban metropolitan centres as sites of sexual freedom and presence,
cultivating LGBT and queer movements and activism. This study compares the sociocultural …

Cities, and in particular urban metropolitan centers, are conceived by many as sites of
sexual freedom and presence, cultivating LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) …