Across the spectrum, from you to me,
we are told to be
patriotic, to shoulder the gun
and protect the country,
to fight for our right to be free,
don’t ask me if I could put a gun
to another man’s face,
eye to eye
you might not like the answer,
but I would rather not;
yet somehow being Transgender
makes you unfit to serve
under Trump’s bold vision,
so as an unfit, overweight
pacifist who you don’t want to see
pull a trigger, I would be welcome more
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Coventry is a foreign country, they did things differently there; especially in the 1970s and to a young boy who knew he was a fabulous woman in waiting.
As part of this year’s Homotopia at the Unity Theatre, Kate O’ Donnell took the full house through what it was like to grow up as transgender in the Midlands city in the 1970s and 80s, the derision supplied the all-male establishments and the intolerance shown by her father and the ever increasing phrase ushered from his lips of Big Girl’s Blouse.
Originally published by L.S. Media. April 26th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ***
Thanks to Mandy Romero’s insightful look at the Hertfordshire new town of Stevenage, it’s easy to see why it can hold fascination with those that flocked to the area after the war and the hold it has on some people.
Yes, it’s doesn’t have the history or romance of Liverpool, the urbanization of Birmingham or the charm of Edinburgh, but for those that want to escape the villages that make up the U.K. or whereas Mandy would put it, to escape the places that’s more effective than any C.C.T.V. could ever hope to achieve, these new towns that sprang up over Britain after the war offered a safe haven, a chance to start again.