Starting with testimonies and archival sources, the authors reconstruct a world that seemed to have disappeared into thin air: that of homosexual Italy during fascism. The dates on the beach at night, the men-only dance halls, the complicities, the rivalries, the disguises, the gimmicks, the fear, the love. And then, after arrest, the stratagems put in place by the families, the paradoxes born of imprisonment, the noble or instrumental (but almost always vain) attempts to claim their innocence and earn their freedom.(Source IBS.co.uk)
Gianfranco Goretti has been researching the confinement of homosexuals under Fascism since 1987, landing in a dissertation in modern history and several publications. He was president (2019-21) of the Rainbow Families Association. He teaches in high schools.
Tommaso Giartosio is an Italian writer, poet and radio host.
