Polari is a secretive slang known as 'the lost language of gay men'.
In 2015, artist Jez Dolan used it to create a piece responding to the Wolfenden Report, translating parts of its recommendations into Polari. Find out why: bit.ly/31tPoPm #LGBTHistoryMonth
In 2015, artist Jez Dolan used it to create a piece responding to the Wolfenden Report, translating parts of its recommendations into Polari. Find out why: bit.ly/31tPoPm #LGBTHistoryMonth
The Wolfenden Report was a landmark report produced in 1957 by a Committee set up to consider homosexual offences and prostitution.
It recommended that ‘homosexual behavior between consenting adults in private be no longer a criminal offence’.
It recommended that ‘homosexual behavior between consenting adults in private be no longer a criminal offence’.
Polari's use was at its height in the 1950s and '60s, when the Wolfenden Report was published. The language acted as both a disguise and an identification for gay men in public.
See the detail in Dolan's 'Wolfenden' below. #LGBTHistoryMonth
See the detail in Dolan's 'Wolfenden' below. #LGBTHistoryMonth
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