From Victim to Weekend, we remember some of the bt Brish gay films.
Contents:
- SMELLS LIKE QUEER SPIR: HOW '90S PUNKS PANSY DIVISN BLAZED A TRAIL AS ONE OF ROCK'S FIRST OPENLY GAY BANDS
- 10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
- 'QUEERRE': A DES-OLD MOVEMENT FOR GAY PUNKS, FREAKS AND REBELS
SMELLS LIKE QUEER SPIR: HOW '90S PUNKS PANSY DIVISN BLAZED A TRAIL AS ONE OF ROCK'S FIRST OPENLY GAY BANDS
"We loved rock mic before we even realized we were gay," says ontman Jon Goli. "It seemed like there were a lot of people wag for somethg like to happen." * punk gay *
But while “punk” and “queerns” seem like ntradictns, punk was (and is) very much queer: Whether ’s Tom Robson Band proudly clarg they’re “Glad To Be Gay, ” The Buzzcks’ bisexual sger Pete Shelley askg if you have “Ever Fallen In Love (Wh Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?
10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
From “gay” to “poofter” to “fairy” - the words ed by others to fe gay people n say a great al more about them than . * punk gay *
The exhibn explor everythg om punk’s tersectn wh the sex dtry, gay leather culture’s fluence on punk fashn, the ep impact of queer culture on punk’s roots, and more.
'QUEERRE': A DES-OLD MOVEMENT FOR GAY PUNKS, FREAKS AND REBELS
Though neher O’Bann’s nor Oz would survive past 1982, they were cril to helpg punk flourish Chigo—and like La Mere, they started and to some gree ntued to operate as gay bars.
Rivers also held down a job at Sounds Good Rerds on Broadway near Belmont, which stocked lots of dis 12-ch and glam-rock albums for the neighborhood’s gay clientele, cludg a healthy selectn of imports.