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  • Milo has clear message for his ex publisher

    Nothing says F U like a T-shirt

    The Internet’s “most fabulous supervillain”, Milo Yiannopoulous has a clear message for his former book publisher Simon and Schuster. The publisher was originally going to publish his book, Dangerous, but dropped it after a huge online backlash following comments made by Milo over child abuse. In February the publisher released a statement saying that its Threshold imprint, had “cancelled publication” after “careful consideration”.

    The publisher is thought to have spent over $250,000 on the book but hasn’t confirmed those rumours.

    Taking to his Instagram account, Milo showcased a new line of merch – which included a T-shirt that has the slogan, “f**k simon & schuster” emblazoned on the front.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BT7cikZFxUN/?taken-by=milo.yiannopoulos&hl=en

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BT7cjlAFvMO/?taken-by=milo.yiannopoulos&hl=en

  • THEATRE REVIEW | The Faaaabulous Ceri Dupree Show – National Tour

    THEATRE REVIEW | The Faaaabulous Ceri Dupree Show – National Tour

    ★★★| In this one man, twenty-one woman show, the Faaaabulous Ceri Dupree brings an evening of glitz, glamour and variety to the theatre. Featuring a combination of original songs, colourful characters, female impersonations, anecdotal comedy, an abundance of feathers and sequins, quick fire one liners and healthy dose of tongue in cheek sardonic barbs aimed at members of the audience, the show is unashamedly old school drag.

    Photo Credit – PR supplied

    Taking the scattergun approach to comedy, there was a good mixture of comedy, ranging from gentle observations to the slightly risqué to the downright crude, with the vast majority of the gags hitting the spot. Throw into this, a slew of characters, from Dame Edna Everage to Camilla Parker Bowles, from Shirley Bassey to Mary Hopkins and from Amy Winehouse to Gladys Pugh, there were plenty of laughs to be had.

    The show is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of success. Parts of the act were hilarious – such as the Dame Edna section, which involved copious amounts of ribbing members of the audience, whereas the Amy Winehouse impersonation fell rather flat and garnered little response. Some of the jokes were probably around when Bernadette was touring with Les Girls, and some of the relevance of the characters, such as Gladys Pugh (from Hi-Di-Hi) and Mary Hopkins would be lost on many of the younger members of the community (although gays of a certain age (like me) will find it hilarious).

    But that said, the show shone brightly in the main, especially with the original songs, some hilariously blue and innuendo filled humour, a song-laden second act and genuine warmth resonating throughout. With drag standards all present and correct, Joan Collins, Shirley Bassey, Kathyrn Jenkins, Charlotte Church and even the Queen don’t escape unscathed. As the show rounds to a close with the mirror balls spinning and the audience on their feet for a rousing rendition of I Am What I Am, you know that you are firmly in the campest of floorshows.

    The show is pure cabaret, of the ilk which is reminiscent of the old days of variety in the style of Hinge and Bracket or Danny La Rue.  What makes the show stand out is that it does away with the bitchiness and backstabbing and places the fun and entertainment value of drag squarely in the centre of the stage. Whilst there is very little here that you won’t have seen before if you had been knocking around the scene in the eighties, the show ups the ante of the pub cabaret circuit and delivers a quality and style of show which is becoming harder to find on the scene.

    Slick, polished and with more laugh out loud moments than anticipated, this is a show which will either take you back to your youth, or show you how it used to be done properly.

    The Faaaabulous Ceri Dupree Show was reviewed at CAST in Doncaster, who have a varied and packed programme of shows and is a cultural gem in the heart of the city. Visit https://castindoncaster.com/ for details. The show is on national tour and details can be found at http://www.ceridupree.co/index.html

  • Teenager charged with rape

    Police investigating a rape in Roe Green Park off Kingsbury Road, NW9 on Tuesday, 16 May, have charged a teenager.

    A 13-year-old boy from north London who was arrested on Wednesday, 17 May, was charged on Thursday, 18 May with one count of rape of a male under 13; one count of causing or inciting a child under 13 into sexual activity and one count of kidnap.

    He will appear in custody at Willesden Magistrate’s Court on Friday 19 May.

    Officers from the Met’s Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command are investigating.

    reporting: Metropolitan Police

  • Julian Assange misgenders Chelsea Manning

    Julian Assange has been criticised online after repeatedly misgendering trans whistleblower Chelsea Manning.

    Speaking from the Ecuadorian embassy Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange spoke to a gathered crowd and press after Sweden dropped its rape investigation into him. Speaking of the US whistleblower Mr Assange did manage to use the correct name of Chelsea but misgendered her twice during the segment, he said,

    “We have had an even more important victory this week [and] that is the release of Chelsea Manning after seven years in military prison.

    “With extensive fights, we and others managed to have him released 28 years early, from his sentence”.

    A number of people, including Channel 4’s Cathy Newman, took to Twitter to shared their concern over the misgendering of Chelsea who started her transition whilst incarcerated.

    Chelsea Manning was released from prison yesterday and is already celebrating her freedom, with pizza and Champagne.

     

  • ANSWERS | What does the L in LGBT stand for?

    Question: What Does The L In LGBT Stand For?

    What does the L in LGBT stand for?

    The L in LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) or sometimes referred as GLBT, stands for Lesbian. Lesbian is a description for a woman who is sexually and romantically attracted to other females. The term lesbian can be used to also express sexual identity.

    Some women prefer the term “gay woman” to lesbian.

    The term lesbian is said to have originated from the Greek Island Lesbos, which was home to a 6th-century poet Sappho, who was known for poetry which described relationships between women, their beauty and her love for girls.

    By 1890 the word Lesbian was used in medical papers as an adjective. It was used to describe tribadism, commonly known as “scissoring” – a form of non-penetrative sex.

    By 1925 the term Lesbian was used as a noun to refer to a woman who had same-sex attraction and the female version of a male homosexual referred to as a “sodomite”.

    For more reading on the term Lesbian and it’s origins check out this page

    If you want to add further discussion to this description please use the comment section below.

  • First date questions that men really want to ask

    Those very funny people over at BUZZFEED’s created a video is actually all about straight men, but we know that we also often want to ask most of these very same questions on our first dates.

    That’s if we only had the balls too do so!

  • Big Brother love birds Ryan and Hughie are back together

    So unless you’re not keeping up with the goss, Big Brother‘s love birds, Ryan and Hughie split up – but don’t fret they’re back together.

    So three weeks ago, Ryan and Hughie split – with Ryan saying that Hughie was an “amazing person” and that splitting up was the “most heartbreaking” thing he had ever done. He said they had split because they are “different people”.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BTWOqhRFOqs/?taken-by=ryanruckledge&hl=en

    However, today, taking to his Instagram, Ryan said that it was all back on… HURRAH!

    Taking to social, Ryan said,

    “(we) have decided to get back together and try make things work! After time apart we have realised what we want and that we don’t want to chuck away the last year of our relationship!”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BUPV-HpFDoh/?taken-by=ryanruckledge&hl=en

    He then finished his message with a flurry of naughty emojis.

    Oh, you guys! Glad to see you are back together.

     

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Tommy The Musical, Birmingham Rep

    ★★★★ thrilling and emotional

    One of the most influential UK rock and roll bands, The Who were formed in 1964 in Shepherd’s Bush, London. In 1969 The Who created a unique concept album called Tommy, and it quickly became a cultural fete. In 1975, Ken Russell adapted the album into one of the best and biggest films with an all-star cast starring Tina Turner, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jack Nicholson, and more.

    New Wolsey Theatre and Ramps on the Moon collaborated to bring to life Tommy The Musical to the main stage as a daring musical. The Who’s Tommy musical was a sad, gritty and powerful tale about a boy who is ‘deaf, blind and dumb’ and at the mercy of Uncle Ernie (Garry Robson) who ‘fiddled about’ with him at night; Cousin Kevin (Lukus Alexander) who bullied and taunted Tommy, and a thug of a stepdad Frank (Alim Jayda), relentlessly trying to ‘solve’ Tommy’s disabilities.

    Tommy The Musical, directed by Kerry Michael, was extra special for it allowed the opportunity for actors who are D/deaf, disabled and non-disabled to work together to produce an eerie and fantastic production with all-audience accessibility. Through embedded audio description, creative captioning and integrated British Sign Language, everyone could engage and be a part of the musical.

    Tommy (William Grint) was phenomenal. William really brought to life the chronicles of Tommy’s life and was sublime in the delivery. What Tommy went through, was hard and gruelling, and William did an amazing job showcasing the outcomes of so much abuse. His two voices (Julian Capolei and Matthew Jacobs-Morgan) were perfect for Tommy’s voice, in particular, Julian’s voice, which was so powerful and pleasing to the ear. Tommy’s mother, Nora (Donna Mullings) was also formidable, really conveying emotion without speaking a lot, and when she did, it was potent and emotionally charged. The best voice in the production was the actor playing Nora’s voice (Shekinah McFarlane).

    The outstanding performer of The Who’s Tommy was Acid Queen (Peter Straker). In the film, Acid Queen is played Tina Turner, and for this production, it was a man dressed in drag, which was a very progressive touch to the production. Peter’s voice was stunning and his overall performance was commanding – this was the highlight for me.

    This is an excellent idea, and we need to see more theatre productions reflecting stories through actors who are physically affected by the context of the plays.

     

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Kings Cross [Remix], Camden People’s Theatre, London

    ★★★★ | Kings Cross [Remix], Camden People’s Theatre, London

    Take a journey to 1980’s London, specifically the King’s Cross area, through the storytelling of Tom Marshman, in the new show Kings Cross [Remix]. The one-man show, at the Camden People’s Theatre, is a tour de force performance by Marshman, too young to remember the stories he’s telling, yet he tells them so vividly, with such authority and believability that he makes us actually believe he was there.

    Through the use of video and audio tape recordings of the people who were actually around during those times, Marshman weaves together these stories in a 60-minute show to great effect. He talks about the long gone disco Bagely’s nightclub, the denizens of King Cross including the hookers and the club kids, a unique story about the late and great Leigh Bowery, and grainy video footage of the once popular gay bar and club The Bell (this footage can also be found on Youtube). But Marshman also transports us to this decade when lots of our fellow friends were dying of AIDS, and one audio clip of a man who is a patient representative at a local clinic remembers the days when gay men were diagnosed with GRID (Gay Related Immune Deficiency) and were in their last days as there no hope for them. Marshman also chillingly brings up the arrival of patient zero – the man who introduced HIV into England. This and more is all told with the songs of Donna Summers’ “Last Dance” and lots of other disco classics as the soundtrack, and footage of Jimmy Somerville in his early days who can now be found from time to time drinking at his local bar Central Station. Marshman’s show celebrates a time when the scene in Kings Cross was more fun but also a bit dangerous and not posh as it is now. I

    It’s a great show and Marshman does a very good job in telling these stories.

     

    Kings Cross (Remix) plays at Camden’s People’s Theatre until 26th May.

  • Chelsea Manning shares first photos after release from prison

    Trans whistleblower, Chelsea Manning has shared her first photos on social media after leaving prison.

    Chelsea Manning wasted no time tweeting “Okay so here I am everybody” on her Instagram page after she was released from prison. The simply captioned post attracted over 21,000 likes and nearly 4,000 comments within hours.

    The new picture gives a complete view of how Chelsea Manning is starting to live her life outside prison confines. Up until the face picture release, Chelsea had kept her physical transformation hidden, with photos showing only her foot or hand.

    Manning was imprisoned for one of the largest leaks of classified documents. She was sentenced to 35 years. Her sentence was commuted by President Obama, as one of his last acts as president.

    Since her release, Chelsea has been documenting parts of her release, including a picture of her first steps of freedom along with her first meal outside of prison, which was a “greasy pizza”. She also enjoyed a glass of Champagne, saying, “Here’s to freedom and a new beginning”.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BUNp_YDB54-/?taken-by=xychelsea87

     

     

     

     

     

  • TRAILER | Netflix’s The Keepers

    From the man who brought us the landmark documentary, The Case Against 8, Netflix presents The Keepers

    Ryan White’s determination for justice as seen in his last documentary The Case Against 8 about the legal challenge to California’s marriage equality ban is continued in his upcoming docuseries The Keepers on NetFlix bringing light and justice to the 50-year-old unsolved murder case of a Baltimore nun.

    The Keepers examines the investigation of an unsolved murder of this 26-year-old nun, Cathy Cesnik, who taught at Southwest Baltimore’s Archbishop Keough High School and the horrific secrets and pain that still linger nearly 50 years after her death. Striving for an answer of what happened to their high school teacher, these two female novice detectives, Gemma & Abbie, lead the investigation efforts as they guide the viewer through countless accounts from friends, relatives, journalists, and government officials. The film encompasses clergy abuse, government and religious institutions, and repressed memories of what really happened behind closed doors or more importantly were covered up at Archbishop Keough.

    Netflix’s new riveting 7-part true crime docuseries is available to Netflix members worldwide on May 19, 2017 at 12:01 a.m. PT.

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