Tag: lgbtq
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Gay Tempest – Happy Pride & US Marriage
We are partying up a storm at Radio Clash Towers – not only is it London Pride today, but on the other side of the pond, the Supreme Court ruled a few hours ago that same-sex marriage is legal across the U.S.A.! So here is the best image I’ve seen from the explosion of colour…
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Queer as in fuck you
In Pride Month I learned the sad story about David Olio, who was forced out of his job for playing, not reading, an Allen Ginsberg poem ‘Please Master’ to 17-18 year old college bound kids. Was this in the 1960’s? 1970’s even? No, earlier this year, in Connecticut. Several things annoy me about this from…
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Save The Tavern
Before the shock closure of one of my haunts, the historic Black Cap last weeked this might have seemed a little premature, but as with the demise of Madame JoJos, large parts of Soho and other important parts of London’s nightlife and LGBTQ community are fast disappearing to New York style gentrification. Even with an…
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RIP Lesley Gore
Can’t stand the thought of people just posting ‘It’s My Party’ – so much more to Lesley Gore, like ‘The Old Crowd’ and the incredibly funky ‘Wonderboy’ with an amazingly cheesy video: Although ironically she was more about the ladies, she was an out lesbian and an activist for LGBTQ rights…she was with her partner…
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On terrorism
There have been some frankly awful analyses of the attacks in Paris a week ago, and the fallout from them. Either from surprisingly from my side, the left and anarchists seemingly serving our masters by wanting to take freedom of speech away like desperate young Tankies also doing a very good impression of hand-wringing liberals,…
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This pain is like a glacier moving through you
I make no secret of my love of John Grant, seeing him perform Glacier last year was probably the best moment in a gig, his voice blew right through me and lifted me up. I seem to be hearing a lot of him lately, what with the excellent documentary on Iceland that’s just aired, the…