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The magic farm and other queer tales

Le Flohic, Alf2024
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They are three true tales from the last century. Three unexpected locations in the south-east of England. Three unique queer spaces you’ve probably never heard of…The Hotel Roger Dee opened in 1972, it was one of the earliest UK hotels to be explicitly advertised as gay. Roger was a 60s cabaret artiste and would provide entertainment in his white catsuit, while partner David rustled up a mean creme de menthe at the bar. Possibly the strangest thing of all was that it was in Angmering, near Worthing!The Magic Farm private parties in the late 1970s turned into almost festival-sized queer discos in the 1980s. It was a fruity farm indeed. As the parties got bigger the Medway Area Gay Independent Community (MAGIC) stepped in to organise things. Exactly who set up the darkened hayloft for gentlemanly pleasures is unclear, but people came from far and wide to drink, dance and erm, inspect the hay!The Safari Bar. What happened when the café at a zoo was handed over to a bunch of gays in 1983? A fake fur fantasia, that’s what. The unlikely nature of this LGBT watering hole more than makes up for its rather brief existence. A word of warning – make sure you say ‘Hello Captain’ to the parrot or there will be all manner of trouble!
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Homo Made Books, 2024
Collation:
76 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781399967877 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.7662
Local class:
K301.4 LEF
Language:
English
BRN:
2497787
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