Talk: Up Against It -One of the exhibition’s curators gives a short introduction to the show. (22/07/2017 - 21/10/2017)

Date Range: 22/07/2017 - 21/10/2017
Date/Time Summary: Every Thursday from 2pm

Booking Required: No
Venue: Islington Museum

Up Against It: Islington 1967 One of the exhibition’s curators gives a short introduction to the show. The Sexual Offences Act was passed on the 27 July 1967. Islington’s most (in)famous gay couple, playwright Joe Orton and his partner, collage artist Kenneth Halliwell, died just two weeks later. Men have always had sex with other men but, how this has been viewed, both by society and the men themselves, has changed greatly over time. Up Against It explores the stories of well-known gay men living in Islington before and after the act, which decriminalized homosexual acts between men aged 21 years or over in private.

Categories: Arts, music, dance, drama, media, culture,Exhibition,Local history,Talk
Age Ranges: Young People (12+),Adults


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