Queer City
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AuthorPeter Ackroyd
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLGBT culture in London; LGBT history of London
PublishedLondon
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| Author | Peter Ackroyd |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | LGBT culture in London; LGBT history of London |
| Published | London |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus (UK), Abrams Books (US) |
Publication date | 2017 (UK)/2018 (US) |
| Pages | 262 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7011-8881-8 |
| 306.766094212 | |
Queer City: Gay London from Romans to the Present Day is a 2017 book by British biographer, novelist and critic Peter Ackroyd.
Queer City follows the history and experiences of the LGBT population of London beginning with Roman Londinium and exploring the "endless loop of alternating permissiveness and censure" that followed. Queer City explores the "diversity, thrills and energy" of the "hidden city" and concludes that "In a city of superlatives, it is perhaps this endless sexual fluidity and resilience that epitomise the real triumph of London."
