Reviews - Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

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Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

3.62 AVERAGE

hannahlouisebates's review

3.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

There were times I found the writing of this a bit inaccessible (however I will admit it has been some time since I have read something this scholarly). It's also a shame that there is only one chapter on a queer woman.

Overall though it was an interesting look at some well known historic figures through a new lense

hmmclean's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative medium-paced

mxae's review against another edition

4.5

funny informative inspiring slow-paced

Loved this book..such astute analysis on the concept of sexual identity, the sanitization of historical figures and the complexity of life. A must read !

frandelaney's review against another edition

3.0

informative slow-paced

so so content heavy, lots of names and events referenced in the book with no clear description of what they are (im not a history student i’m too thick for this book), whilst other paragraphs are far too wordy and could have been cut down a lot. quite disappointing there was only woman referenced in the entire book, i found for a book that talks about diversity, there isn’t a lot for the people they talk about - when the author could have discussed trans or sapphic people
i found the chapter about the kray brothers interesting and the first 3 chapters were easier to read. definitely would recommend purely for the content and facts but not for the discussion