Transformation

In this podcast Professor Sally R Munt looks at how the lives of individuals within the LGBTQ+ community have changed over the last 200 years and asks: what accounts for this change?

1. Introduction.
2. Attitudes to lesbian sexuality. Passionate friendship.
3. Historic gender stereotypes. Different sources for lesbian and gay history.
4. Sexology and the medicalization of homosexuality.
5. The daily struggle that impacted upon gay and lesbian lives in the 1960s and 70s. The legacy of those people who stood up and were visible.
6. Tackling shame and internalised homophobia. Combatting bullying at school. Hate crimes.
7. Visibility and the ability for people to live openly and celebrate their sexuality and identity. Positive integration.
8. Political protests for equality under the law in the UK. Continuing persecution around the world.
9. Conclusion.

Suggested Reading:

Bob Cant Footsteps and Witnesses: Lesbian and Gay Lifestories from Scotland (1993)

Bob  Cant Radical Records: Thirty Years of Lesbian and Gay History, 1957-1987 (1988)

Steve Whittle A Transgender Studies Reader (Taylor & Francis: Routledge, 2006)

Alison Oram The Lesbian History Source Book: Love and Sex Between Women in Britain 1780-1970 (Routledge, 2001) [with Annmarie Turnbull]

Sally R Munt and Andy Medhurst Lesbian and Gay Studies: A Critical Introduction (Cassell, 1997)

Richard Dyer Now You See It: Studies on Lesbian and Gay Film, 2nd edn. (Routledge, 2002)

Richard Dyer The Culture of Queers (Routledge, 2001)