When it comes to queer British history, London has stolen the limelight. But what about the millions of queer lives lived elsewhere?
In Queer beyond London, two leading LGBTQ historians, Alison Oram and Matt Cook, in conversation with English poet and writer, Andrew McMillan, will take you on a journey through four English cities from the sixties to the noughties. Together they will explore the northern post-industrial heartlands and take in the salty air of the seaside cities of the south.
Covering the bohemian, artsy world of Brighton, the semi-hidden queer life of military Plymouth, the lesbian activism of Leeds and the cutting-edge dance and drag scenes of Manchester, they will show how local people, places and politics shaped LGBTQ life in each city, forging vibrant and distinctive queer cultures of their own.

Matt Cook is a social and cultural historian specialising in LGBT and queer history. He is currently the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexuality at the University of Oxford. His books include London and the Culture of Homosexuality (2003), A Gay History of Britain (2007) and Queer Domesticities (2014). He appears regularly on radio, occasionally on TV, and has acted as a consultant on a number of films, documentaries and stage shows.
Alison Oram is Professor Emerita at Leeds Beckett University. Together, Alison and Matt wrote the National Trust's first LGBTQ guidebook, Prejudice and Pride.

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of Queer Beyond London (RRP £12.99) deliverable to any UK or international address.
The event will initially be broadcast on 6 November at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you can watch it at any point after the initial showing for two weeks.

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