Virgos Groove Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Quote By 1984, many European countries had reduced the age of consent for homosexual acts to 16, but it remained at 21 in the United Kingdom, having only been partially decriminalised in 1967. Homosexuality was not 'legalised' in Scotland, where Somerville was born, until 1981. Quote The inner sleeve of the album has a table listing the minimum age for lawful homosexual relationships between men in each country in Europe, accompanied by the telephone number of a service giving gay legal advice. It was removed from the United States release of the album by MCA Records on the basis of "past sensitivities of several record store chains". An outwardly and explicitly gay band smashing in Thatcher's Britain (and cruising in the BBC's bathrooms ). Legends. And immortalized in the fantastic movie Pride (2014), which everyone should watch: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Démodé Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Bronski Beat are everything. Jimmy Sommerville is a monarch and he should have dominated the 80s with his absolute tenor (?) range (maybe contra-tenor, something that goes too high anyway). Bonus: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Love Bronski Beat and the Communards.. jimmy is an icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeawish Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 it's dropped off just outside the top 50 but smalltown boy is having another run in the uk chart atm (gotta be the pride playlists surely?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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