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Unpopular Opinion: The Issue With ‘Gay Culture’
I have never felt ‘connected’ to gay culture in any meaningful way, nor have I ever wished to become so. I left the first pride parade I ever attended disgusted. Men dressed scantily and sexually, leather and harnesses worn as if they intended to travel to the derby and wound up confused on 5th Street instead. The truth is that gay culture appears to me to center too heavily on sex, with a lack of community outside of this. The further issue with this is that it is forced onto us by other gay men within this ‘community.’ Ultimately, this is a very difficult discussion to hold. If I say male lover culture is sexual, I’m told vertical culture is equally as sexual, as well. If I say I don’t wish to be in the ‘community,’ I’m told I have internalized homophobia. Discussing gay society is essentially a catch-22 where you can’t make an in-roads without incurring steep criticism from other gay men. Furthermore, research done on this topic is practically non-existent. The only discussions you can identify online come from forums such as Reddit. And I challenge, if this is such a highly-perceived issue by other gay men and myself, why is it not discusse
Residents tackle East End "gay free zone" stickers
"We don't want to blame any particular group for this," said Mr Blake.
"And if we did, we wouldn't want to tar everyone in a group with the same brush."
Religious groups, including the Muslim Council of Britain and the East London Mosque, hold been quick to condemn the stickers.
"There is nothing in the Koran against Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual (LGBT) people," said Mohammed Abbasi, co-director of the Association of British Muslims.
"Allah has honoured every son and daughter of Adam, so such a hateful message is not only morally and ethically mistaken but actually un-Islamic."
Meanwhile, the Reverend Alan Green, Chair of the Tower Hamlets Inter Faith Forum, said: "People of faith in Tower Hamlets are confident to be part of this diverse and vibrant borough, in which reciprocal respect and tolerance are vital to social harmony."
A Metropolitan Police investigation is under way to locate the culprits of the "gay free zone" stickers.
Tower Hamlets said it was "appalled" by the stickers and the council's despise crime team was functional with the
Tripe + Drisheen
Before The Rainbow….And After is a collaborative art project involving ten older LGBT men, operational with arts facilitator and theatre director Mark Storor in Cork’s Gay Plan on Sawmill St, in a two-month process involving photography, collage, movement, motion picture and more.
Mark Storor is known for his work with common interest groups as varied as kidney dialysis patients, former military personnel and refugee women.
“The men who have been involved in this project are also men who feel enjoy the 'lost generation,’” Stamp said of the proposal.
“The cohort who suffered the indignity of criminalisation due to their sexuality. Men who lived through the AIDS epidemic, missing friends, family and lovers to the disease, fought for gay rights and marriage equality and who have brought about adjust that the entire people is benefiting from but who many of the younger generation don’t comprehend or realise what they've been through.”
Three of the project’s participants sat down with Tripe + Drisheen to talk about their lives, challenges and experiences.
“I didn’t arrive out to anyone; I was hidden for years. My family were very slow to accept me as being gay. Th
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LGBT monuments and memorials
Given Brighton’s unofficial status as the Gay Capital of the UK you might envision there would be statues, monuments, or other widespread markers to support that status? I recently had the chance to observe if that is the case…
On 13 April 2024 I took part in ‘A Monumental Weekend’ at The Ledward Centre – a workshop created by visual artist and creator Alexander Augustus. It was looking into LGBT+ monuments – their design and creation, and all the questions surrounding that, as well as the plan and crafting of three potential pieces.
Alex asked me to give a concise talk about LGBT+ monuments in Brighton, so I looked into what currently exists, what used to exist, and what has been attempted but didn’t quite make it. This should not be considered be an exhaustive list although I did my best to cover everything I thought relevant.
To break it down I divided them into three categories:
- Plaques
Anything which has been dedicated to one or more people, usually legendary and frequently in a very specific location. Given the range of plaques that exist I decided to split them up into four groups: organization, personal, c
- Plaques