Tag: Closeted
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RIP Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat
Sadly Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat has died aged 61 (on the right in the above photo). I can’t stress how important his band was – not only launching the career of Jimmy Somerville but also soundtracking my early queer experiences and being one of the few out queer bands – the only one that…
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Coming Out mix Part 1 – Coming Up
Is it asking too much, of my favorite friends,to take these songs for real.Is it asking too much, of my partner’s hands,to take these songs for real? It’s just over 20 years since coming out, so I thought given all the current 90’s nostalgia I’d (re)create a mix of music that I was listening to…
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Fake Dynasty
Apparently some fake redneck on a show I don’t watch compared me and my fellow queers to bestiality, prostitution and such like, and made out racism in the south was like some happy Uncle Tom musical, and got booted off the show. Funny, since his show is fake as(s) duck, and this is all probably…
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The Gay Bechdel Test
A post at Boing Boing informed me of the Bechdel test, named after Alison Bechdel and her character Mo who detailed the rule in her comic strip ‘Dykes to Watch Out For’. The rule is: It has to have at least two women in it Who talk to each other About something besides a man…
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Gay Shame mix
Supposed to be part of RC 121 but it all got way too long, so here it is as a separate long mix. Swap with your friends! Or swap FOR your friends! Sell them into slavery, I don’t care… As it’s Gay Pride Month, here’s another alternative love/hate mix about Gay Pride – called Gay…