This book examines the experiences of gay and bisexual men who lived in Scotland during an era when all homosexual acts were illegal, tracing the historical relationship between Scottish society, the state and its male homosexual population using a combination of oral history and extensive archival research.

Autorentext

Jeff Meek is a social and cultural historian based at the University of Glasgow, UK, who has published on the impacts of World War One on Scottish society, and on the interactions between religion, the law and sexuality.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. From Sodomy to Same-Sex Desire 3. Wolfenden and Scotland 4. Moments in Time: Growing up Queer in Post-War Scotland 5. The Scottish Minorities Group 6. In Sickness and in Health 7. God, Sin and Sodomy: Reconciling Religious Identities and Sexual Identities 8. From Crime to Community? 9. Non-Heterosexual Men, Scotland, and Homosexual Law Reform