{"product_id":"bad-gays-a-homosexual-history-9781839763281","title":"Bad Gays: A Homosexual History","description":"\u003cb\u003eThese \"very funny-deep dives into the lives of the most dastardly queer people in history\" offer a passionate argument for rethinking gay politics beyond identity (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat can we learn from the homosexual villains, failures, and baddies of our past?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We all remember Oscar Wilde, but who speaks for Bosie? What about those 'bad gays' whose unexemplary lives reveal more than we might expect? Many popular histories seek to establish homosexual heroes, pioneers, and martyrs but, as Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller argue, the past is filled with queer people whose sexualities and dastardly deeds have been overlooked despite their being informative and instructive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on the hugely popular podcast series of the same name, \u003ci\u003eBad Gays\u003c\/i\u003e asks what we can learn about LGBTQ+ history, sexuality and identity through its villains, failures, and baddies. With characters such as the Emperor Hadrian, anthropologist Margaret Mead and notorious gangster Ronnie Kray, the authors tell the story of how the figure of the white gay man was born, and how he failed. They examine a cast of kings, fascist thugs, artists and debauched bon viveurs. Imperial-era figures Lawrence of Arabia and Roger Casement get a look-in, as do FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, lawyer Roy Cohn, and architect Philip Johnson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together these amazing life stories expand and challenge mainstream assumptions about sexual identity: showing that homosexuality itself was an idea that emerged in the 19th century, one central to major historical events. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBad Gays\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate argument for rethinking gay politics beyond questions of identity, compelling readers to search for solidarity across boundaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHuw Lemmey\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, artist and critic living in Barcelona. He is the author of three novels: \u003ci\u003eUnknown Language\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Tory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChubz\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Humanist\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eL'Uomo Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and researcher living in Berlin, where he is currently a Doctoral Fellow at the Graduate School of Global Intellectual History at the Freie Universität. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRadical History Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Queer Photography\u003c\/i\u003e. Since 2018 he has been a member of the board of directors of the Schwules Museum, one of the world's largest independent queer museums and archives.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591692947730,"sku":"9781839763281","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_88d043db-fb31-4860-9751-59218e4364b0.jpg?v=1760433015","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-gays-a-homosexual-history-9781839763281","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}