Sex, Clubs, Dissent: This photo book presents a history of queer nightlife

We speak to author Amelia Abraham about her new book, which celebrates queer nightlife, from the 1960s to the present-day, as a site of resistance and self-expression

Sex, Clubs, Dissent: This photo book presents a history of queer nightlife
Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Queer Nightlife

Photography can act like a portal – transporting you to a space, showing you new possibilities, and preserving histories that would otherwise be lost. But it can also intrude – shining a light on moments that you would rather keep private, leaving people exposed or surveilled. 

For many queer people, this tension is perfectly captured in the photography of nightlife. Under the cover of night, queer people have created spaces in which they are the majority in a worldhellip;

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