Humanities & Social Sciences
September 2022
Odd men out
Male homosexuality in Britain from Wolfenden to Gay Liberation: Revised and updated edition
by John-Pierre Joyce, Simon Callow
Odd men out examines the transformation of homosexual men from 'odd' to 'normal' during the tumultuous decades of the 1950s and 1960s. Using new and original research, John-Pierre Joyce explores contemporary attitudes to gay men and the development of a 'gay' identity. He considers the extent and limits of homosexual repression and liberation, and analyses the dilemmas posed by the emergence of a homosexual 'minority'. Through first-hand interviews and oral histories, Odd men out gives voice to a generation of gay men and sheds new light on a much-neglected aspect of British history.
