2020
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No Ordinary Man : the story of trans pioneer BILLY TIPTON
It seemed perfect timing to watch “No Ordinary Man” during Trans Awareness Week as its the story of musician Billy Tipton who has iconic status in the trans community. Tipton’s story starts with his death in 1989 when after decades living as a closeted trans man, his ‘secret’ was discovered and his very successful…
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Five Smooth Operators : NO 5 JAMES YATES
English guy James Yates makes our fifth Instagram model @yatesy17 with 178K followers. Yates is 6’ tall with a 39” chest, 31”waist and takes a US shoe size 10. Born on January 9th 1992, a Capricorn. Recently ranked one of the world’s sexiest male models (think we could agree). Originally from Harpenden a small…
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The Slutcracker : Ballet meets Burlesque
” It’s impossible to believe that the very first performance of Tchaikovsky‘s most famous ballet in 1892 was a flop. The poor ballerina who was dancing as the Sugar Plum Fairy was criticised for being “corpulent” and “podgy”. We not sure if that critic was alive now and saw Vanessa White’s new production what…
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2 Cool 2 Be 4Gotten
If you have even been to a clothes store that has the words Fashion! Or Exclusive! written in the windows then it can be pretty much guaranteed that what was inside was neither fashionable nor exclusive. So there is some trepidation in approaching a film that titles itself as 2 cool 2 be 4gotten.…
