The Log Books : Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened
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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... 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.
Charged with joy, gossip, sensuality, humour and sometimes fear, and with a potent relevancy to the world today, these stories are brought together in The Log Books.
Author/Artist/Designer
Tash Walker, Adam ZmithPages
416
Dimensions
24.3 x 16.4 x 4cm (9.57 x 6.46 x 1.57in)
ISBN
9780571388332
Colour
Red
Product code
172556
Book Format
Hardback