“Why is it that these women have forgotten how great it was to have a role model that not only stuck it to the man, but then stuck it to herself, in herself and tasted it as if to say how dare you moderate my sexuality?” Barry Church-Woods I’m a […]
“Why is it that these women have forgotten how great it was to have a role model that not only stuck it to the man, but then stuck it to herself, in herself and tasted it as if to say how dare you moderate my sexuality?” Barry Church-Woods I’m a […]
“There seems to be some sort of war going on that I’m not invited to, but everyone wants me to take a side.” – Alyx J. Shaw A historic essay by Michael William We first appeared in print primarily in specialized medical and psychiatric texts. Then, during the seventies, a […]
“My creativity was my outlet, and I never censored myself there” A love letter to Darren Hayes from Louise Oliver It seemed a little incongruous for a teenager who was an avid reader of Anne Rice novels and whose musical spectrum included Green Day, Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters […]
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about gay standards. In particular I’ve been thinking about gay double standards. In my blog Bear With Me, I touched on finally finding that feeling of belonging. The feeling of being appreciated for exactly who I am and what I look like by a […]
Josef Church-Woods At the tender age of four, I already know exactly what I want. Usually, it’s toy horses, or a Barbie, but today I’ve got my heart set on a pair of Indian moccasin-style suede shoes, covered in exquisite beads. They’re girls’ shoes, of course, with alluring tassels that […]
“There seems to be some sort of war going on that I’m not invited to, but everyone wants me to take a side.” – Alyx J. Shaw A historic essay by Michael William We first appeared in print primarily in specialized medical and psychiatric texts. Then, during the seventies, a […]
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.” James Neil Hollingworth
“These characters are too ‘tidy’ in other ways… there are no transvestites, paedophiles, bisexuals. It is not surprising that a ‘sense of pride emerges”. Me modelling Madonna’s moves and Celine Dion’s teeth in 1992. Barry Church-Woods Early yesterday morning I received an email from an old work-chum. It announced that Bob […]
“That’s odd.’ Because God had called me twelve hours before, and He said the reason He was upset was because of people like Jerry Falwell.” Over the last few months of researching content for LGBTicons.com, we’ve been astounded by the voices across the world that stand up for the rights […]
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