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PRS Magazine: Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy

As part of LGBTQ History Month, PRS for Music asked me to write about the Smalltown Boy who changed everything, the moment Bronski Beat reached out of my tv screen and showed me I would always have my queer tribe. So here’s my love letter to the queer 80s pop stars who made Thatcher’s inalienable right to hate us disappear and our glorious queer selves … Continue reading PRS Magazine: Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy

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50 Tunes For 50 Years

50 Tunes For 50 Years : Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy

I didn’t leave with everything I owned in a little black case, it was a mate’s orange Ford Fiesta, but the feeling that echoed in my soul every time Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy played was the same. I needed to get away. I needed to find another place to go so I could claim who I really was. For I was a queer in Essex … Continue reading 50 Tunes For 50 Years : Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy

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