Clementine’s wishes

Clementine the Living Fashion Doll wishes happy Christmas to all and a happy 2nd birthday to Polari.

“Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!!!”

An in-depth conversation with Jonathan Kemp about his novel London Triptych.

Polari Magazine talks writing, Oscar Wilde and pornography with Jonathan Kemp on the eve of the publication of London Triptych, his debut novel.

It was very important to me that it was if not sexy then at least sexual. And sexual in a very different way, one that wasn’t necessarily pornographic.

The mind behind Sister Wendy: The Musical returns to the stage.

Marcus Reeves talks about Screwged!, his take on A Christmas Carol, and his wonderful cabaret act The Singing Christmas Tree.

The Scrooge story is traditionally very dark and I think that’s what we’ll deliver, with some very rude bits added too.

A few words about Wotever World’s Riot Cabaret.

Wotever World’s Riot Cabaret, and the very idea of an LGBTQ community.

That identity, as Wotever World’s manifesto has it, is any identity – or multiple-identity – you want it to be. “The Wotever manifesto dictates that respect will be given to all sirs, madams and wotevers…”

A cool mum’s blog about her (maybe) gay son.

A mum writes about her son’s choice to dress up as Daphne from Scooby Doo.

So a few weeks before Halloween, Boo decides he wants to be Daphne from Scooby Doo, along with his best friend E.

Bar Wotever, and Sceam Club & Electrosexual.

A night out at Bar Wotever introduces Polari to a great institution.

Bar Wotever is a wholly inclusive performance arts club night that fuses a real sense of community & social responsibility with art and culture.

The 2010 Candlelit Vigil to mark International Day against Hate Crime.

A year after the first Candlelit Vigil, David Watters celebrates the work that has been done.

These vigils of both HOPE and REMEMBRANCE unify and galvanise ALL individuals and communities who share a vision to eradicate bigoted behaviour and, through showing support for ALL victims of Hate Crime, publicly assert that together they will no longer be ineffective minorities but instead a powerful and united voice to affect change in London and the wider world.

Gay history lessons stop homophobic bullying.

A really heartening story about how education has been used to challenge prejudice.

I’ve had pupils say ‘Miss, you are trying to turn us gay’ and I ask them, ‘do you turn black during Black History Month or Turkish during Turkish month?’

The Gay Rights Movement – A New BBC Archive

The latest collection on the BBC archive website charts the corporation’s coverage of gay rights issues. There are thirty segments from both radio and television that range from news reports to discussion programmes and documentaries.

It is fun to watch the Conservative MP Ray Mawby out of his depth and spouting off the sort of nonsense that the Daily Mail likes to scare its readership with: the dangers of promoting homosexuality, the need to protect children from homosexual predators, and the idea that if you allow homosexuality you may as well endorse incest.

Outing homosexuals in Uganda and a call for hangings.

On the insane homophobia in the political landscape of Uganda, and its unacceptable call to murder all homosexuals, etc.

This is selective Christianity at work again: they hunt and peck through the Bible finding quotes that support their prejudices, and in so doing find them.