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SUMMARY:The obnoxious mobilised minority: the British National Party\, Hom
 ophobia and Homohysteria c. 1981-1999. - George Severs\, Cambridge Univers
 ity
DTSTART:20170216T183000Z
DTEND:20170216T191500Z
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CONTACT:Jenny Chalmers
DESCRIPTION:The British National Party (BNP) may have descended into elect
 oral oblivion\, but it has not vanished from the history of post-war Briti
 sh politics. Over the past few decades\, historians have been keen to stud
 y the BNP’s attitudes to migrants and people of colour\, the place of wo
 men within the party\, as well as maintaining a more traditional focus on 
 its electoral history. This talk summarises the major themes of my previou
 s project\, the first study dedicated to post-war British fascism’s oppo
 sition to homosexuality\, and seeks to centre anti-gay attitudes in the hi
 story of the BNP. Looking at the party under its first leader\, John Tynda
 ll\, this talk will argue that an opposition to homosexuality – and to g
 ay men in particular – was a central tenant of the party from its incept
 ion\, and begin to look at how this prejudice manifested itself in party d
 iscourse. \n
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Foundress Court\, Pembroke College
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