Poppers, Queer Culture & Clubs
“If you trace the bottle of amyl [a type of alkyl nitrite] through late 20th-century history, you trace the legacies of gay culture on popular culture in the 20th century.
We wouldn’t have had rave, disco or club culture as we know it today without the gay community.” (Independent )
Sussex University historian Dr Lucy Robinson comments on new laws passed in the UK, which will make poppers illegal there from April 1.
