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Shoulder to Shoulder

A Queer History of Solidarity, Coalition and Chaos

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Shoulder to Shoulder

By: Jake Hall
Narrated by: Jake Hall, Octavia Nyombi
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The best queer history book you'll listen this year.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BREAD & ROSES AWARD

Shoulder to Shoulder is a love letter to the LGBTQ+ pioneers of solidarity and coalition. Offering a new global look at forgotten moments when those from marginalised backgrounds stood shoulder to shoulder to build a better future for all.

Through astounding research and fascinating storytelling, author and journalist Jake Hall takes us into the world of these trailblazers, bringing their tales to life and exploring both the inexplicable joys and brutal realities in their fights for justice.

Spanning movements from the Black Panthers coalition with the Gay Liberation Front in the US to queer solidarity groups in Argentina, Spain, France and Germany; from trans fights for abortion rights to the Pride support for miners strikes in the UK, Shoulder to Shoulder is for anyone who loved Bad Gays, Natives or Poverty Safari and is hungry for a fresh perspective on queer history.

©2024 Jake Hall (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited LGBTQ+ Studies
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This is a great book that draws attention to lesser known connections of solidarity between movements. The queer lens sheds new light on stories that might be familiar — I suspect everyone will learn new things.

If you can, do READ the book. I don’t want to be too detailed here, but the listen is painful for a whole host of reasons and distracts from the otherwise great storytelling.

Great book — READ it if you can

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A potentially fascinating and important history. So very badly read it is almost impossible to listen to.

So badly read.

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