Marlene Dietrich – A Gay Icon Worth Remembering
From the very beginning of her career as a chorus girl in theatres and cabarets of 1920s Weimar Berlin Marlene Dietrich boasted a gay following. In one of her early […]
HARVEY MILK | A gay icon who changed the face of gay politics
American politics was filled with a sea of heterosexual faces, sometimes fiercely homophobic, but mostly irreverent towards the gay community, that was until Harvey Milk entered the political arena. Embed […]
BARBRA STREISAND: A Vintage Gay Icon Who Defines Longevity
If a tragically short life is one of the qualifications needed to become a gay icon, then Barbra Streisand fails miserably. 71 this year she has lived, and is still […]
KIM WILDE | Gay icon who rocks the kids
I initially hesitated in choosing Kim Wilde as my icon as it’s difficult to think of her as ‘vintage’ but my musical love-affair with her started 30 years ago so […]
Tallulah Bankhead | A vintage gay icon who defined wild
You can’t beat an old fashioned high camp bitch and Tallulah Bankhead was one of the wildest, most original and best. Embed from Getty Images She’s sadly mostly forgotten nowadays. […]
MARYLIN MONROE | A vintage gay icon who defined bombshell
In my opinion there is one and only one classic icon worth mentioning in Hollywood history. Whether gay, straight, bi or Thai, everyone knows and loves Marilyn Monroe in one […]
NOEL COWARD | A Vintage Gay Icon The Original Wordsmith
I discovered Noël Coward as a teenager and have been besotted ever since. Who could fail to love the poignant ‘Brief Encounter’ or the hilarious ‘Hay Fever’? His songs are […]
MARIA CALLAS | A Vintage Gay Icon Who Defined Diva
There may have been divas before Maria Callas, but there is no doubt that the modern idea of what is a diva owes a great deal to the legendary opera […]
ELIZABETH TAYLOR: A Vintage Gay Icon Who Defined The Era Of Glamour
“I’ve only slept with men I’ve been married to. How many women can make that claim?” – Elizabeth Taylor I’m generally not too keen on modern celebrity culture and the […]
MADONNA | A vintage gay icon who continues to reign supreme
Madonna gets a lot of flack these days. Whether it’s for flashing the flesh ‘at her age’ or dressing up as a Boy Scout, there are plenty of people who […]
KEITH HARING: A Vintage Gay Icon Who Defied Boundaries
Openly gay Keith Haring was and still is a legendary artist, his iconic artwork at one time filled empty ad spaces on New York’s subways, his activism and creation was […]