Queer Trades, Sex and Society Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book is the first scholarly works to explore male homosexual prostitution in interwar Scotland. The male prostitute occupies a contested position within interwar society. The book explores connections between male prostitution and criminal gangs prevalent during the interwar period, by detailing the emergence and activities of Glasgow’s notorious ‘Whitehats’. The book explores the anxieties that trade in homosexual sex provoked, not just for understandings of sexuality but also of gender an...