2. The Privacy of Four Walls
In January 1998 the seven men would take the stand to fight their case. Hugh Sheehan explores the societal factors that led to their ordeal.
Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 looks back at one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in recent British LGBTQ+ history, and examines how this scarcely-known legal case played a significant role in the fight for gay rights.
In January 1998 the seven men would take the stand and fight their case. What were the societal factors surrounding these events?
Hugh Sheehan speaks to: author and host of the podcast Bad Gays Huw Lemmey; LGBTQ+ and Black communities activist and commissioner of the London HIV prevention programme Marc Thompson; founder and former chair of Greater Manchester Lesbian and Gay Policing Initiative Ian Wilmott; gay activist, barrister, and Bolton 7 representative Terry Munyard; and author and queer scholar Jack Parlett.
Criminally Queer is a Reduced Listening Production for 成人快手 Sounds Audio Lab.
Producer and Presenter: Hugh Sheehan
Original Music and Sound Design: Hugh Sheehan
Executive Producer: Anishka Sharma
Mix Engineer: Arlie Addlington
Artwork: Tom Cunningham
Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer
Archive material courtesy of Roger Bolton Productions.
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Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7
Hugh Sheehan explores how a landmark legal case changed the lives of seven men forever.
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