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Skin (Skunk Anansie)

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Shedbuilder · 07/11/2020 19:45

Skin is appearing at the Hay Festival. Apparently she's an LGBTQ+ activist. First I've heard of it. I'm a lesbian and I keep an eye out for lesbians in the media and entertainment world and I failed to spot her. The blurb from the festival says she's been championing LGBTQ+ issues during her 25-year career. Who knew?

www.hayfestival.com/p-17148-it-takes-blood-and-guts.aspx

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tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz · 07/11/2020 20:39

She's beautiful, Hedonism is possibly the most gorgeous song ever and her voice on it is incredible. The nostalgia is I feel for that time when I hear it is almost painful.

AgathaTabathaBagatha · 07/11/2020 20:38

I knew. I love her. Saw her play at a festival in the 90s, she was brilliant.

Namechangedforthisoct2 · 07/11/2020 20:38

They were my first ever live concert and we met Cass the drummer when queuing for the toilet.
She rocked back then and still does!

*totally misses point of thread Grin

Dontforgetyourbrolly · 07/11/2020 20:38

But if she wasn't gay ....she can still support gay people, right ? Sorry I'm so behind on the correct terminology , I'm a dinosaur!

NiceGerbil · 07/11/2020 20:36

Skin has as far as I know always been out

Also beautiful and confident and generally awesome I think?

I don't know much about her but was alternative person in the 90s so obviously was familiar with their music and her as front woman.

What's the problem with her op?

TrainspottingWelsh · 07/11/2020 20:34

I was a fan in the 90's, and it was fairly common knowledge even then. At school I remember being smugly 'informed' she was a lesbian around the time twisted hit the charts. As with much of the music I was in to, these particular girls only recognised it when a song became mainstream, they were more into boyzone and similar shite, so I presume their info came from some crappy magazine. It wasn't news to me, and as I didn't read teen or music mags I believe it was just a known fact amongst fans.

OhHolyJesus · 07/11/2020 20:33

I think the OP is pointing out how the BGT have been added to what Skin championed, or at least the G and the T.

You could champion lesbian rights only or awareness of lesbian issues only but you would still be labelled as being a champion for LGBT as you can no longer have the one without the other 3.

At least I read this as the point of the OP. I still love Skunk Anansie and always knew Skin was a lesbian, not that it meant much to me at the time, I just liked their music, very angry, it suited me as much then as it does now.

LockdownLump · 07/11/2020 20:30

She's always been out.

I'm imagining OP has a spreadsheet of lesbians in the media

🤣🤣

Whererainfalls · 07/11/2020 20:22

She's been vocal about being lesbian from the very start.

maddiemookins16mum · 07/11/2020 20:16

I always thought they were called Skunk and Nancy.

*misses point of thread.

righttothepoint · 07/11/2020 19:54

do you follow her? she's made it quite clear and speaks freely on the subject

Whatsnewpussyhat · 07/11/2020 19:52

I know the book cover will have been touched up, but she looks exactly the same as she did 25 years ago!

Gncq · 07/11/2020 19:51

Ooh I saw them live in Brixton around 1998, she was great...

Janaih · 07/11/2020 19:50

I'm imagining OP has a spreadsheet of lesbians in the media Grin

Janaih · 07/11/2020 19:49

I dont think shes ever made a secret of it.

FippertyGibbett · 07/11/2020 19:48

I did 🥴

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