Sabrina Chap Fundraiser

Help the wonderful Sabrina Chap get together the money to promote her new album, We Are The Parade.

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Released March 12, 2012

The third album from Wallis Bird is a tumultuous and epic journey. First rate.

“This is late night folk, in a dark room with your window cracked.”

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Released February 27, 2012

Little Bastard finds strong lyrics, love and, of course, religion on Sinead’s latest album.

“This collection of beautiful, heartwarming and frank songs come as a revelation. Everything is tackled on this album, from a personal innner dialogue to a wider social commentary.”

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Granta • March 1, 2012 [HB] 144 pages • Granta • March 1, 2012 [HB]

The editor is impressed and moved by Justin Torres’ debut We The Animals.

“We The Animals is, in the Granta edition, as beautiful a book physically as it is emotionally.”

Key Dates in the Queer Calendar

As LGBT History Month 2012 ends Tim Bennett-Goodman takes a sideways look at queer history.

“To my mind, modern queer history, in the British Isles and Ireland at least, begins in 1885 with the Criminal Law Amendment Act, and most particularly the pernicious Section 11 or Labouchere Amendment (named after the MP who introduced it) designed to prosecute male homosexuals for acts of ‘gross indecency’.”

Polari Facts looks at the idea of history.

To mark the end of LGBT History Month, Polari Facts looks at how Hollywood and history are more compatible than one may think.

History does not mean his story. The etymology, from the Ancient Greek, ἱστορία – hístōr – means inquiry, knowledge from inquiry, or judge. Ok, let’s just move on now, shall we?

LGBT History Month Music, 1 of 4

29 Songs of LGBT Significance. Selected by the Readers Wifes.

LGBT History Month Music, 2 of 4

29 Songs of LGBT Significance. Selected by the Readers Wifes.

LGBT History Month Music, 3 of 4

29 Songs of LGBT Significance. Selected by the Readers Wifes.

LGBT History Month Music, 4 of 4

29 Songs of LGBT Significance. Selected by the Readers Wifes.