Crackers, Gloucester, England (with Darryl Bullock)
Lost Spaces: Memories from Gay Bars, Lesbian Clubs, and LGBTQ+ Parties
English - January 29, 2020 06:00 - 45 minutes - 105 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsSexuality Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Not all queer spaces are queer. Or, at least, exclusively queer...
In smaller towns and cities, where there isn't the population to support a full-time queer bar, straight bars can fill the gap by hosting themed nights weekly or monthly, providing a much needed opportunity for local queers to meet and interact...
I caught up with Darryl Bullock, author of 'David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music' to talk about Crackers, a bar in the south western English town of Gloucester, which held a weekly gay night on Mondays in the late 80s.
Tantrums, smashed items and picking strange men up in phone boxes… It's another episode of Lost Spaces!