Some Men in London: Queer Life 1945-1967

Drawing upon letters, diaries, novels, plays, films, newspaper articles, parliamentary debates, medical journals and police reports, Peter Parker’s book, provides a picture of what life was really like for gay men from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Although these men faced prosecution in the courts and vilification in the newspapers, they showed extraordinary resilience, and the capital had a lively queer subculture which was reflected in the arts.