Queer in the City

Walk begins:  Farringdon Station EC1M 6BY

Walk ends: St Paul’s Cathedral  EC4M 8AD

Duration: 1.5 hours

Accessibility: Not suitable for people with decreased mobility

Queer people have often been hidden from history. This walk will take you through 2000 years of London’s LGBTQ+ history and will explore the lives of queer Londoners who have often been erased, marginalised or portrayed negatively in our City’s history. On our meanderings from the edge City through the Square Mile we will discover some of London’s oldest Queer spaces and their place in London’s story.

We visit London’s Roman Walls, built at the time of Emperor Hadrian’s visit to Britannia and examine the Roman approach to same sex desire.

We find out where Shakespeare lived in Elizabethan London and explore the bard’s place in LGBTQI+ history.

We tell the story of London’s famous female cross-dresser and see where they were they were punished.

We explore the haunts of London’s Georgian Mollies and see where they found fun and frolics.

We see where the last queer people were hanged and where Oscar Wilde was put on trial for sodomy.

We explore how, despite the risks, queer people not only survived, but lived and loved and celebrated their lives.

Join Patrick Molloy to hear about Queer London’s journey through time!