The authors review the context for recent British lesbian and
gay photography. Work is featured by Emily Anderson, Tessa
Boffin, Jean Fraser, Sunil Gupta, Mumtaz Krimjee, Brenda Prince
and Bob Workman. As in the earlier published Part One: USA, this
essay examines some of the historical and contemporary processes
through which homosexualities have been represented in
photographic discourse in Great Britain. Mentioned are: the Gay
Liberation Front (1967), Gay News, the national lesbian and gay
newspaper, the introduction of Section 28, the latest attack on
the civil rights of lesbians and gay men in Britain, and the
exhibition 'Same Difference', organised by Jean Fraser and Sunil
Gupta. The authors point to the fact that, 'Race as a
significant factor within discussions of sexual representations
is only recently discussed, due to the Euro-American bias.'
Reference is made to the emergence of AIDS in the last decade,
and the actions taken.