Panel discussion on the historic roots of gym and muscle culture and steroid use amongst gay men and how gym culture has appeared in cultural representations.
(1:38) Professor Michael King – Head of UCL Mental Health Sciences
(3:48) Duncan Stephenson – Central YMCA, Head of PR & Public Affairs
(16:12) Mark Simpson – author, journalist and columnist for The Guardian
(30:53) Johan Andersson – University of Leeds, Research Fellow in Geography; writer on the post-AIDS identity and the projection of ‘healthy’ bodies
(42:19) Jonathan Kemp – Lecturer in Queer Studies at Birkbeck and author of fictional works including The London Triptych and 26
(52:15) Matthew Todd – Editor of Attitude Magazine

6 February, 2012
Venue: UCL, Cruciform Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Organised by Max Hill, Sarah Guise and Ben Campkin, UCL LGBT Equality Group and Out@UCL

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