Mates & Lovers - A History of Gay New Zealand

Godwit/Random House, Auckland, 2008. Vertical crease on front cover, fade to title on spine, minor secondhand wear to dustjacket edges.

What are the historical changes through which the modern gay New Zealander has emerged? If he has not always been with us, then who preceded him? A landmark publication, this first-ever New Zealand gay male history combines lively and engaging scholarship with a remarkable collection of images. Chris Brickell tells the evolving story of New Zealand gay men through the lives of clerks, labourers, shop assistants, soldiers, actors and writers of all classes, and he shows that our erotic past was vibrant, complex and often surprising...