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Polari Nights at Contact

Polari Nights at Contact

QC2012: POLARI NIGHTS
A unique graphic exhibition of Polari text, a language once used to disguise the 'illegal' act of homosexuality from outsiders and the police, very much reflects a bygone time of inequality and lack of understanding.

Times have moved on considerably, but the charming sentiment in the text, of preparing for a night out on the town, still very much lives on in a newer generation.

Polari quote referenced from 'Parallel Lives' by Peter Burton

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Published: 7-Feb-2013: (1742)

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