How gay men used to speak

Directed by Karl Eccleston, Brian Fairbairn · Starring Neil Chinneck, Steve Wickenden · 2015

In 1960s London, two gay men chat on a park bench entirely in Polari, the secret slang that let them speak freely under criminalisation.

A witty, poignant conversation in a nearly lost queer language, subtitled so you can eavesdrop.

Polari was a form of slang used by gay men in Britain prior to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967, used primarily as a coded way for them to discuss their experiences. It quickly fell out of use in the 70s, a

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