A twentieth century history of LGBTQ+ lives in suburbia, written by a long-time C20 friend John Grindrod.
Best-selling author of Concretopia (2013), Iconicon (2017) and Outskirts (2022) John Grindrod presents his latest book Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains.
Throughout LGBTQ+ history, suburbia has been seen as somewhere to escape from: a place where heterosexuality rules; where differences will not be tolerated; where you’ll never find a soulmate. But for many, those streets of twitching curtains and pebble-dashed semis were – or still are – a place to call home.
From Addlestone to Wilmslow, Tales of the Suburbs explores the relatively untold twentieth century tale of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people in small towns and suburbia. Through remarkable archive material and original interviews, social historian John Grindrod reveals stories that are messy and moving, dark and funny, uplifting and extraordinary.
