Panti Bliss hails the Fringe’s original punk ethic and drag as rebellion, but has mixed feelings about critics and RuPaul’s Drag Race
More than half of London LGBTQ+ venues closed since 2006
A new UCL Urban Lab report, highlighting harm to the community and paths to change, wins Mayor Sadiq Khan’s support.
9 fab pics from the British Library gay history exhibition
Highlights from a new exhibition on UK gay history, including objects related to Kenneth Williams, the Gay Liberation Front, Tipping the Velvet and more.
Multiple Maniacs review for Sight & Sound
A review of the Bluray release of John Waters’s outrageous 1970 proto-punk masterpiece starring Divine and the Dreamland gang.
BFI Flare podcast for Sight & Sound
An overview of the 2017 London LGBT Film Festival with Sophie Mayer, Alex Davidson and myself.
Queer Fun event at the RVT
The police wore rubber gloves (part 3 of 3)
What a sensational 1987 raid on the RVT reveals about the limits of 1967 reform and the ongoing fight for queer equality. Part three of three.
The police wore rubber gloves (part 2 of 3)
What a sensational 1987 raid on the RVT reveals about the limits of 1967 reform and the ongoing fight for queer equality. Part two of three.
The police wore rubber gloves (part 1 of 3)
What a sensational 1987 raid on the RVT reveals about the limits of 1967 reform and the ongoing fight for queer equality. Part one of three.
How the Economist got it wrong on queer venue closures
Blaming dating apps and social change is misleading and dangerous. Time for some myth-busting.
