The log books : voices of queer Britain and the helpline that listened
Walker, Tash2026
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Total copies: 2
In a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard, a queer helpline in operation since 1974, lies dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken. These logs were traces of tens of thousands of queer lives, a bridge to a past hidden from people like Tash Walker and Adam Zmith in their youth, captured by people who lent an ear to those in need. Walker and Zmith came of age in the time of Section 28, a law which banned councils and schools 'promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship'. In recovering these logs, they encountered people grappling with feelings, questions and problems both familiar and different, and set out to learn from - and sometimes speak to - those on both sides of the calls.
Main title:
Author:
Walker, Tash, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2026.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780571388332 (hbk)
Dewey class:
362.204251362.2042
Language:
English
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BRN:
971075