It seemed like a good idea at the time: setting up a local LGBT newspaper at a time when our only national publication – Gay News – was in crisis. The fact that none of us had the slightest experience … Continue reading →
By the end of 1982 Gay News – Britain’s only national gay and lesbian paper – was looking increasingly shaky. The internal disputes had become so bad that, as one commentator put it, ‘they made up an increasingly large percentage … Continue reading →
It all seemed to be going so well for ‘disco diva’ Donna Summer. After eight years of success as the queen of the disco scene she had moved out of the club circuit and was now playing large theatres and … Continue reading →
As with Gay Pride events around the globe, Sydney’s Gay Mardi Gras was originally held in June to commemorate the Stonewall riots of June 1969. But the connection with the Stonewall riots didn’t stop there. Just as the police had … Continue reading →
OK, I admit this song was originally released in 1978 but with the advent of HIV/AIDS it became the rallying cry of the 80’s. The first person with AIDS that I ever met was Bobbi Campbell (the so-called ‘AIDS Poster … Continue reading →