Reviews - Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

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Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

3.62 AVERAGE

moomints's review against another edition

3.0

funny informative medium-paced

heelturn2's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

fun and thoughtful expansion on the podcast. i’ve been saying it for years but bad gays is excellent public history!!! histories of sexuality are discussed so differently in academia than they are in like, regular queer life (and imo this is a good & valuable thing!) & bad gays is really great at bringing that academic way of thinking about sex & sexuality to a non-academic audience.

however: not to be a cunt but this book needed another editing pass before going to print though. many typos and some structural/syntax quirks that didn’t help flow & comprehension. it was totally fine! but present enough that i noticed & commented. cmon verso!

daffodill37's review against another edition

3.0

(Audio)
2.5 stars
This book started out dry and I wasn't sure I'd actually make it through. It picked up after a couple of chapters and I enjoyed hearing about some interesting characters from (gay) history.
I was disappointed there was only 1 chapter about a woman.
The audio version I had was poorly edited and had many errors that weren't removed.