Why are you so petrified of silence? Here can you handle this:
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Did you think about your bills? Your ex? Your deadline? Or when you think you’re gonna die? Or did you long for the next distraction?
@NorthernNewsPod @ThatGledhill @Iansmithcomedy I never expected when I sent in the story that it would result in you chanting my name, but it’s made my day. My teddies were called Ted and SuperTed, and I also had a stuffed dog called Dog. Not an imaginative child clearly.
Paul O’Grady was in the trenches fighting for our community during the HIV & AIDS epidemic, she took drag mainstream, she made our mums howl with laughter and normalised gay people on TV by being utterly vile. I can’t imagine a world without her. A truly brave and hilarious man x
Lily will forever walk the alleyways of our hearts. She was a British institution and cultural icon.
As drag faces backlash, fuelled by click bait and a homophobic fringe, let us take some comfort today from these wise words:
"If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya."
What a fucking life led. Truly. Back when the Met stormed into the RVT for it being a gay bar, all wearing rubber gloves to “protect” themselves during the HIV crisis, Paul O’Grady was on stage as Lily and immediately quipped “Looks like we have help with the washing up!” Iconic.