• 4. A Victimless Crime

  • Feb 25 2025
  • Length: 46 mins
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4. A Victimless Crime

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  • 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.

    The men’s ordeal had tragic and abhorrent consequences. And they weren’t alone.

    But in the wake of their legal battle the Bolton 7 were defiant and fervent in their desire to fight back.

    Hugh Sheehan also hears directly from former Home Secretary Jack Straw and Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris; politicians who were trying to change laws regarding sex between men at the time.

    Criminally Queer is a Reduced Listening Production for BBC 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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