Queer Trades, Sex and Society: Male Prostitution and the War on Homosexuality in Interwar Scotland

This book is the first scholarly works to explore male homosexual prostitution in interwar Scotland. The male prostitute occupies a contested position within interwar society. The book explores connections between male prostitution and criminal gangs prevalent during the interwar period, particularly the ’Whitehats’.

Jeffrey Meek is Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland: Male Homosexuality, Religion and Society (2015).