London
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Polari : queer language and literary salon
There are some parts of the English language that the Brits have always kept for themselves. Like ‘Polari’ for example. In the 19th century it was used as the version of everyday language used in London fish markets, the theatre, fairgrounds, and circuses, hence the many borrowings from ‘travelers’ and Romanies. Then in the…
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Loudest Whispers: queer art exhibit goes Virtual
LOUDEST WHISPERS is an annual queer arts exhibition supporting the creative LGBT community in Camden, London. They started with 14 artists in 2003 and now in their 11th Edition have attracted 52 this year. Just before the COVID 19 Lockdown hit everyone’s plans, queer filmmaker Darren Brade made this video about the Exhibit. It…
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BEYOND ‘There’s Always A Black Issue Dear’
Growing up in an English Orphanage in the 1950s and 1960s there was always black and bi-racial children in my ‘family’ who were also my good friends. However, when I came out as gay in the 1970s in London I had somehow been adopted by a new group of friends who were primarily. It…
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The Pale Blue Door : the end of a Queer Fairytale
When we first went to The Pale Blue Door in London’s East End the Uber driver was actually scared for us when he dropped us off. The most unique and absolutely fabulous Dining Club is down the city’s scuzziest back alleys down a particularly uninviting Haggerston back street. This was the actual home of…
