On January 17, 2018, the university held the Queer Public History Fair, which was “a really great opportunity to bring together individuals and organisations from heritage, from archives, from libraries and LGBT groups to talk about the kind of outreach they do and work they do in communities in queer history, because so much really important work in queer history is done in a way that engages with the public, but there still is so much to do ,” says Dr Justin Bengry, senior lecturer in Queer History and also one of the people behind the event.Īt the fair there were representatives of the National Archives, the Bishopsgate Institute, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the London Metropolitan Archives and also of the Gendered Intelligence non-profit organisation, who presented not only a vast range of documents and newspaper articles on queer history but also journals and heart moving love letters.įlyer for dances at Park House Private Ballroom, Holland Park – “Park House Private Ballroom, Holland Park was frequently rented out for drag dances and police statements noted that of the 60 people present “One half of them were attired in evening dresses, the other half being dressed in lounge suits. This subject was picked up and highlighted by Goldsmiths University in London, which launched the World’s first post-graduate degree in Queer History in 2017. As Peter Tatchell said: “it seems scarcely credible, but gay sex ceased to be a crime in the UK only four years ago.” Northern Ireland adopted the reform in 2008 and was followed by Scotland a year later – although it did not apply in the case of sodomy until 2013. Therefore, the freedom of sexuality was very limited for gay men and for other LGBT members until the criminalisation of anal sex was repealed in England and Wales by the Sexual Offences Act in 2003. However, according to Peter Tatchell of Stonewall, “the repression grew much worse’ as the annual number of convictions had increased by 300 per cent by 1974.” In 1957, Lord John Wolfenden stood up for the gay men’s rights and claimed that ‘homosexual acts between consenting adults’ should be legalised, which was later followed by the Sexual Offences Act 1967 that allowed men above 21 years-old to have sex in private circumstances, although this did not apply to the members of the Merchant Navy or the Armed Forces. In this letter Cyril talks openly to Billy, William Reynolds, owner of the Caravan Club, about their personal sense of queer identity.” King Richard II (1377-1400), James VI and I (1567-1603), and even William of Orange (1689-1702) and his successor, Queen Anne (1702-1707) were all suspected of homosexuality during their reigns. HustlaBall is pulling out all the stops to present an amazing weekend of parties in honour of this huge occasion.Letter in evidence of a disorderly house at The Caravan Club, Endell Street – “The author of the letter, Cyril Coeur de Leon, would have to wait a further 33 years before the passing of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which decriminalised homosexual acts between men in private in England and Wales. And of course thousands of visitors will be pouring into London the weekend of 6-8th July for the Pride Parade and the celebrations that follow. This year London plays host to WORLD PRIDE in July. You saw the pictures, and now you can watch Marco Sessions, Adam Killian, Samuel Colt, Spencer Reed, Brent Everett, Jake Genesis, Alex Marte, Issac Jones and tons of hot gay porn stars in action, live in front of audience!
Today, thanks to super hot gay porn star Marco Sessions, he’s one of the performers himself and he pointed me to this very hot video coverage of HustlaBall London on Mirror Balls website.
I had posted tons of hardcore pictures from HustlaBall London 2012 ( Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5) including a video by Men At Play.