Queer Premises

Queer Premises provides a valuable account of London’s commercial venues, which will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners of LGBTQ+ placemaking. * Journal of British Studies *
This terrific book deftly unpicks the shifting and unequal forces – from LGBTQ+ activism to clunky planning processes and neo-liberal urban redevelopment – that have affected the survival or closure of London’s queer venues since the 1980s. Professor Campkin’s fine-grained and authoritative analysis illuminates our understanding of London’s queer nightlife and will reshape queer urban studies. * Alison Oram, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK *
In these pages lives a network of places that scale up into structures of urban governance, planning, and “queer infrastructure” in London. The clever move to examine the heritage values of these LGBTQ+ venues enables Campkin to show the collectivist project of placemaking initiatives. An absolute tour de force. * Amin Ghaziani, Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia *
While Queer Premises is a much-needed addition to queer history literature, it is of even greater use to LGBTQ+ communities who are aware of the dangers to queer spaces in other cities facing major projects of urban redevelopment ... and who want to organize against the encroachment of rentier urban redevelopment of the spaces we live and move within. * Urban History *