Andrea Burroughs
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Reasons to Be Cheerful
I can’t get Ian Dury and the Blockhead’s song “Reasons to Be Cheerful” out of my head when I reflect on Jessica Lynn talking about her lived experience of being transgender in America at the recent Transgender Lives and Higher...
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Memories of the Naked Civil Servant
Quentin Crisp the Naked Civil Servant, died 20 years ago this month at the ripe old age of 90. If you weren’t around at the time it is hard to imagine the impact that he had on mainstream society when...
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Dana International and the importance of Eurovision
I can’t say I’m too excited that the Eurovision Song Contest is coming round again, but the fact that it’s going to be held in Israel reminds me of one of the most influential Eurovision winners, and one who helped...
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The story of Boulton and Park: aka Fanny and Stella
A quarter of a century before the (in)famous Oscar Wilde trial, Victorian London was captivated by the trial of Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park, aka Stella and Fanny. Boulton and Park were middle-class Londoners in their mid-20s who had formed...
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LGBT history month: The story of James Barry
LGBT History Month is a great time to raise awareness of the contribution of the LGBT community and combat the prejudice that we can still face today. I have always been interested in social history and I find it hard...
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RIP Julia Grant
As a teenager growing up in the late 1970s, having a southern accent in my North Midlands comprehensive school marked me as “different”. Julia Grant, who has died at the age of 64, helped shape my identity in a much...