Are You Still There?

An intimate exploration of intergenerational queer heritage, charting four decades of LGBTQ+ life in Britain through the call logs of a charity helpline.

An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten handwritten notes.

'I was so moved and charmed by this polyphonic, gossipy and politically potent book .

An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten handwritten notes.

'I was so moved and charmed by this polyphonic, gossipy and politically potent book . . . Among the most vivid social histories I've read about contemporary queer life in Britain'
Oisín McKenna, author of Evenings and Weekends

'Illuminating' FT
'Timely and moving' HISTORY TODAY
'Fascinating' DAN SNOW

Hidden in a dusty crawl space in the offices of Switchboard, a helpline in operation since 1974, lie dozens of log books that capture the stories told to volunteers. Drawing on these traces of tens of thousands of queer lives, Tash Walker and Adam Zmith embark on a moving journey through love, loss, activism and belonging, weaving a collective history from voices almost lost to time.

'A fresh retelling of queer history teeming with curiosity, complexity and humanity . . . This book manages to capture something of the essence of what it means to be alive'
Amelia Abraham, author of Queer Intentions

'Profound . . . Walker and Zmith's extensive research uncovers queer stories that are rarely told'
AnOther Magazine

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Are You Still There? was previously published as The Log Books