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“In Genet, this willingness to affirm an reimagine the dignity of the abject of society as not merely equal to, but superior to, their oppressors, would lead him into a radical anti-imperialism.”
― Huw Lemmey, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

“[J. Edgar Hoover] was a born cop - as a child, he kept a dossier on himself”
― Huw Lemmey, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

“Several, thirsting to punish appetites they could not wholly prevent, took a savage pride in degrading the body, and offered themselves fiercely in any habit which promised physical pain or filth. Ah, yes. We've all been there, haven't we, girls?”
― Huw Lemmey, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

“Even if there was a default racism cutting across society at the time, it was possible to take a stand against racism, imperialism and colonialism. <...> Casement was writing in a letter home: 'What has civilisation itself been to them? ... A thing of horror - of smoking rifles and pillaged homes - of murdered fathers, violated mothers and enslaved children.'
(quote from 'The Queer and Unusual Life of Roger Casement' by Noel Halifax)”
― Huw Lemmey, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History