by Petit Fours
For several months, I’ve been boring anyone who would listen with my theory that queer is back in. Not that gay has you know, gone, but my “cultural shift radar” has been going gaga … Continue Reading
by Fairy Cake
REFLECTION TIME. This is sort of a follow-up to the last article I wrote criticising the way Cynthia Nixon had expressed that her own sexuality was a choice in the NYTimes. It’s sparked a kind of fascinating debate on here (to be fair, not so much a debate as lots of people saying “You are totally wrong” in a terrifyingly coherent way) and it got me thinking.
By Cupcake
The Most Cake’s weekly round-up of lesbian-ish/gay lady/queer grrrl news from around the world.
by Fairy Cake
I promise we’re not getting paid to write about gingers. Or Nicola Roberts.
A new poll by gay equality charity Stonewall says that Britons under 18 are coming out when they’re 15, on average. The overall average age at which Britons come out has dropped by more than 20 years. All I can say is: yay baby gays! You guys warm the cockles of my cold, cold heart. … Continue Reading
by Gypsy Tart
‘But, she’s not even fit’ says a certain straight male friend, ‘I don’t get all the nudity and stuff if she’s not fit.’ And so it is that the debate of Lady Gaga and her appeal to the queers and weirdos of the world rises again.
To those of us looking in from the outside of the sugary, fluffy world of mainstream pop culture, Gaga’s appeal is exactly that; although she’s still a skinny, middle-class white girl like the rest of the pop tart army, she’s not ‘conventionally’ attractive. … Continue Reading
by Gypsy Tart
Your coming out story is a staple of any conversation with your fellow gay: where, when, what and who you were doing when you realised your alternative sexual preferences? Your coming out experience shapes you for life, and has an immeasurable impact in shaping your identity. But what happens when you’re in for a bumpy ride? … Continue Reading
Queer. Feminist. Sex. Three words that really turn me on. You can imagine, then, my delight when I read about this: … Continue Reading
by Black Forest
‘Saying there are no gays here, is like saying there are no monsoon seasons in Bombay’ – something along those lines is one of my fave movie quotes from the indie movie Bombay Boys. But that was in 1998, when queer Indian identities were controversial – now it seems India really is as gay as its monsoon season, and fast becoming a mainstream gay hotspot. The New Pre-Raphaelites on the other hand is something away from the mainstream but nevertheless queer. … Continue Reading
by Bon Bon
A girl from work took me out to lunch last week and asked if I found ‘straight gay angst’ annoying. Once I’d established this wasn’t angst about me being gay, which would have been annoying, but about her being a little gay, I assured her it wasn’t. Quite the opposite. Girls wanting to know about girls liking girls - and coming to us for the information – isn’t unusual. Over the years I’ve come across many of them. A few are now some of the gayest girls I know, some are still with their boyfriends, and one or two, yes, really are bisexual.
by Lemon Tart
Christa Holka, 35, is a London-based photographer whose work focuses on the queer community. Big Smoke readers may have spotted her snapping away at London’s east end queer nights, or eating some strada (more on that later). Based in Lower Clapton, she’s just finished her MA in Fine Art at Central St. Martins. … Continue Reading
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