Did you know that, contrary to popular belief, homosexuals are not a wholly modern invention? To prove that this is so, one of Britain’s leading historical associations, the Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL), has decided, for one night only, to transition itself temporarily into the Society of Antiqueeries, by holding a special symposium for expert his/herstorians, called ‘Queer(ing) Space(s) from Antiquity to the Present‘ which, appropriately enough for such an absolute horror show, takes place on October 30th, the day before Hallowe’en.
Also highly appropriate was when the initial call for papers was put out – February 14th, or Valentine’s Day, when the conference organisers made enticing kissy-kissy faces to any specialist scholars queer-minded enough to want to get involved. SAL sought contributions which centred upon “examining the residues of queer histories in spaces, buildings [and] landscapes”, which sounds alarmingly like archaeologists scraping all the sperm off the walls in Studio 54 to preserve for all posterity. SAL has a long and glorious history, being founded in 1707, granted a Royal Charter in 1751 and having among its many former Fellows such illustrious archaeological names as Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Sir Arthur Evans. Is this really how low it has now stooped in desperate pursuit of free woke-points from Stonewall?
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