Author Event with Huw Lemmey of Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller argue, the past is filled with queer people whose sexualities and/or dastardly deeds have been overlooked. What about those 'bad gays' whose un-exemplary lives reveals more than we might expect? Part-revisionist history, part-historical biography and based on the hugely popular podcast series, Bad Gays subverts the notion of gay icons and queer heroes and asks what we can learn about LGBTQ history, sexuality and identity through its villains and baddies. Amusing, disturbing and fascinating, Bad Gays puts centre stage the queers villains and evil twinks in history. Huw Lemmey joins Backstory to discuss the process from podcast to presses on June 21st.