Queer voices in post-war Scotland : male homosexuality, religion and society /

"Scotland decriminalized homosexual acts between consenting male adults in private in 1980, 13 years after similar legislation in England and Wales. This begs the question: why was Scotland different? Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland charts the experiences of gay and bisexual men in Scotland w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meek, Jeffrey, 1971-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:	Genders and sexualities in history.
Subjects:	Gay men > Scotland > History. Bisexual men > Scotland > History. Homosexuality > Scotland > History. HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. HISTORY / Social History. LAW / Gender & the Law. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies. Bisexual men. Gay men. Gay rights. Homosexuality. Sex > Religious aspects. Scotland. History.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. From Sodomy to Same-Sex Desire
3. Wolfenden and Scotland
4. Moments in Time: Growing Up Queer in Post-War Scotland
5. The Scottish Minorities Group
6. In Sickness and In Health
7. God, Sin and Sodomy: Reconciling Religious Identities and Sexual Identities
8. From Crime to Community
9. Non-Heterosexual Men, Scotland and Homosexual Law Reform.