Alkarim Jivani

Year of Publication: 1997

Jivani, Alkarim, Its Not Unusual: History of Lesbian and Gay Britain in the 20th Century, Bloomington IN, Indiana University Press, 1997, pp. 224

Looks briefly at early 20th century, focusing on celebrities. But based primarily on interviews with 36 lesbians and gay men and covers changing social and legal contexts of World War Two, 1950s, 1960s-70s and emergence of gay liberation, and setbacks of HIV/AIDS and Section 28 in the 1980s.

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Alkarim Jivani

Year of Publication: 1997

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