Mighty Hoopla 2023 review: 'I was sred to walk to the ftival as a gay person but Natasha Bedgfield rtored my hope' - Tom Capon - MyLondon

Contents:

• MIGHTY HOOPLA 2023 REVIEW: 'I WAS SRED TO WALK TO THE FTIVAL AS A GAY PERSON BUT NATASHA BEDGFIELD RTORED MY HOPE'
• WHY DO GAY PEOPLE LIKE PAST- POPSTARS SO MUCH?
• MIGHTY HOOPLA 2023 REVIEW: 'I WAS SRED TO WALK TO THE FTIVAL AS A GAY PERSON BUT NATASHA BEDGFIELD RTORED MY HOPE'

MIGHTY HOOPLA 2023 REVIEW: 'I WAS SRED TO WALK TO THE FTIVAL AS A GAY PERSON BUT NATASHA BEDGFIELD RTORED MY HOPE'

Back up at the Hoe of Love and a bonafi gay in took to the stage. Livg London for the past five years and next to sce I was phed to this world, I’ve never felt nervo about beg out, proud, gay and lovg Kylie Mogue… until recently. A sea of g-g-g-g-gay spilled through every street - enough short-shorts, vts and rabow lours to make the ASOS factory shut down.

The risg ti of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia was supposed to be unstoppable. And the Pleasure Palace tent, The We Are Still Young Emo Hour, playg the lik of Fall Out Boy and allowg me to sg every sgle word of Dance Dance jt like ltle 14-year-old gay me when I saw them, gayly, as a gay young teenager, 15 years ago.

WHY DO GAY PEOPLE LIKE PAST- POPSTARS SO MUCH?

Love of Huns meets Download, 's like they ma the ftival for my particular brand of homosexual. Headler Kelly Rowland - playg the same night as bandmate Beyoncé all the way over Tottenham - stole the stage, surround by betiful dancers and servg a black bodysu that ma every homosexual, lbian and gay, give a gnt of satisfactn.

But here was jt a actn of who we are: tens of thoands of gay, lbian, straight, trans, drag, disabled, nrodivergent, gold, gltery, wonrful, betiful, ridiculo people. 30pm Big Gay Songbook - 4. 15pm to 2pm London Gay Big Band - 2.

Of urse there are the powerful Pri events (pecially epic ci like Berl and Helski), but mic ftivals are also popular wh gay culture across Europe. The scene is pumpg, which explas why the Greek islands are often a popular stop on any gay cis. But there’s even a more pellg reason to vis magnificent Greece as a gay person, and don’t have anythg to do wh the Acropolis.

MIGHTY HOOPLA 2023 REVIEW: 'I WAS SRED TO WALK TO THE FTIVAL AS A GAY PERSON BUT NATASHA BEDGFIELD RTORED MY HOPE'

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This is a massive change bee, even though legal cisns were ma s ago, some gay people have never felt tly accepted there. The gay muny also actively plays a big part St.