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The Age Of Consent

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By 1984, many European countries had reduced the age of consent for homosexual acts to 16, but it remained at 21 in the United Kingdom, having only been partially decriminalised in 1967. Homosexuality was not ‘legalised’ in Scotland, where Somerville was born, until 1981. The wording of the legislation to decriminalise also included wording that placed restrictions such as making illegal the use of a hotel room for sex. [7] [8] Homosexuality was further stigmatised beyond the restrictions placed on homosexual individuals, and homophobia was a danger to gay individuals. [7]

Nederlandse Top 40 – Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 December 2013. The band had the telephone number of the London Gay Switchboard (telephone support and information for gays and lesbians in central London) etched into the inner groove of the 12" vinyl version. [15] Filename : /Bronski Beat – The Age Of Consent - (CD, Album, Reissue) - 2018/The Age Of Consent [Remastered] [Expanded Edition] [Disc 2].flac

Nederlandse Top 40 – Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 December 2013. The cover featured a prominent pink triangle, reclaimed in the 70s from its horrific Nazi Germany origins, as a symbol of LGBTQ pride and liberation. The number for the Gay Legal Advice Line in Britain was also printed on the album's sleeve. Andrews, Marc; Isaac, Claire; Nichols, David (2011). Pop Life: Inside Smash Hits Australia 1984 – 2007. Affirm Press. p.39. ISBN 978-0-98713-267-3. It's all evocative lyrics having a party over my pop-house production. Workshopping it with Jimmy was a joy. In his strong Northern accent he was funny, humble, and treated me like an equal. Smalltown Boy - BRONSKI BEAT". VRT (in Dutch). Top30-2.radio2.be. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012 . Retrieved 22 July 2013. Hoogste notering in de top 30: 1

The promotional video featured Jimmy and Larry as inmates in a borstal with Jimmy and "Martin" (the "thought police" actor from "Why?") having a Christmas pie-eating competition which takes place during the Christmas religious service, which Jimmy wins. Steve plays a closeted prison warden who has a keen eye for one of the other prisoners. Dutch album certifications – Bronski Beat – The Age of the Consent" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 16 July 2022. Enter The Age of the Consent in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1984 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen". As a closeted gay at an all boys Catholic high school, I did my best to bloke it up and try to fit in," Mac tells Double J.It was Bronski Beat's bittersweet kiss off in light of Summer, then a born again Christian, and her alleged homophobic comments at a 1983 concert, allegations she fervently denied. The Age of Consent, listed the differing ages of consent for 'lawful homosexual relationships', which at the time ranged from the mid teens to being completely illegal and punishable by law.

The Village Voice 's Robert Christgau, in a contemporaneous review, noted the album's "two good singles" but added that "good politics don't have to be this monochromatic" and criticised the "narrow dynamic range that afflicts so many falsettos, even those with impeccable reasons for singing like women." [18] The album ranked at number 12 in CMJ 's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1985" list. [19] John Dougan of AllMusic retrospectively described the album's songs as "compelling vignettes about the vagaries of life as a gay man" and The Age of Consent as "simply a great album, period." [2] British album certifications – Bronski Beat – The Age of Consent". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 2 May 2022. I love that song and video so much. Jimmy was such a trailblazer. He was the first visibly gay pop artist singing about gay stuff I was really aware of. Plus, he loved synthesisers and beats too! More would come later but at the time it was pretty mind blowing." Politics may have been staunchly conservative in the early-'80s, but there were huge social and cultural shifts happening in the UK. I left in 1983. AIDS had arrived and, to me, gay sex equalled death. It would take a long time to deal with those feelings of shame, guilt and fear. Thank you Catholic Church!"

Top 100 Albums (January 3–December 29, 1984)" (PDF). Music Week. 26 January 1985. p.42. ISSN 0265-1548– via World Radio History. But if you were a kid from the suburbs and looking for something more relatable, you couldn't go past Bronski Beat.



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