It Came From the Closet : Queer Reflections on Horror by Kirsty Logan Groundswell Speaker 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2024

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It Came From the Closet : Queer Reflections on Horror by Kirsty Logan Groundswell Speaker 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORDHorror opened me up to new possibilities for survival I saw power in freakery and transgression and wondered if it could be mine.The relationship between horror films and the LGBTQ+ community? Its complicated. Haunted houses, forbidden desires and the monstrous can have striking resonance for those whove been marginalised. But the genres murky history of an alarmingly heterosexual male gaze, queer coded villains and sometimes blatant homophobia, is