Author: Jake Hall
Publisher: Trapeze
Hardback
One of our books of the year 2024!
So says: This book title had me at ‘solidarity’ and owned me at ‘chaos’: it’s a tribute to the brilliant, unresolved messiness of both activism and history, bringing formidable oral history to the fore in interviews and storytelling that put you in the centre of the action. Jake Hall has reported for half a decade on contemporary queer issues and activism for many important outlets, and that thrum of urgency is felt in their connected and informed narration here as they dive into the archive to find out how we got here, and what we can learn. If you want more to queer history than bad films about Stonewall, or a how-to on organising for sex worker solidarity or trans rights, or just some great gossip that will get you going (and get you through normie Xmas), Shoulder to Shoulder is a great read.