David, The King of Kemptown
@davidbtn2.bsky.social
Welsh, Brightonian, London librarian (and writer). The G & Q in LGBTQ+ (he/him) and the first King of Kemptown 🤴
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In love with this evocative photo of outside the Atlantic House Bar in Provincetown, 1993.
The flirty, babbling chatter. The muted beats of the club. The smell of the heat of a warm summer's night. That little guy in the black vest with his cute porn star tache 💕
Credit: David Jarrett
The flirty, babbling chatter. The muted beats of the club. The smell of the heat of a warm summer's night. That little guy in the black vest with his cute porn star tache 💕
Credit: David Jarrett
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts 🎵🎵🎵
Kylie (Brighton Pride)
Kate Bush
Sleeping at Last
Madonna (Girlie Show)
Tina Turner
Kylie (Brighton Pride)
Kate Bush
Sleeping at Last
Madonna (Girlie Show)
Tina Turner
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts 🎵🎵🎵
-Idina Menzel
-Steps
-Vintage Trouble
-Lady GaGa
-Nashville Cast
-Idina Menzel
-Steps
-Vintage Trouble
-Lady GaGa
-Nashville Cast
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts 🎵🎵🎵
Kylie (Brighton Pride)
Kate Bush
Sleeping at Last
Madonna (Girlie Show)
Tina Turner
Kylie (Brighton Pride)
Kate Bush
Sleeping at Last
Madonna (Girlie Show)
Tina Turner
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Jonathan Bailey is not only *officially* the sexiest man alive, he is now this year’s box office champion.
For years the wisdom was that you couldn’t be a movie star if you were openly gay - audiences wouldn’t respond to you, studios wouldn’t book you.
Bailey has shattered that myth!
For years the wisdom was that you couldn’t be a movie star if you were openly gay - audiences wouldn’t respond to you, studios wouldn’t book you.
Bailey has shattered that myth!
Jonathan Bailey Is The Highest-Grossing Box Office Star Of 2025 - IN Magazine
The out actor starred in both Jurassic World: Rebirth and Wicked: For Good in 2025.
inmagazine.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Jonathan Bailey is not only *officially* the sexiest man alive, he is now this year’s box office champion.
For years the wisdom was that you couldn’t be a movie star if you were openly gay - audiences wouldn’t respond to you, studios wouldn’t book you.
Bailey has shattered that myth!
For years the wisdom was that you couldn’t be a movie star if you were openly gay - audiences wouldn’t respond to you, studios wouldn’t book you.
Bailey has shattered that myth!
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
You just died. The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
👀
👀
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
You just died. The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
👀
👀
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I've been thinking a lot about the impact being a published author has on our self-image, so I wrote about it in my latest newsletter. It led me to think more broadly about who is considered 'marketable' in publishing. You can check it out here:
tawseefkhan.substack.com/p/on-appeara...
tawseefkhan.substack.com/p/on-appeara...
On Appearances
And The Thing Nobody Tells You About Publishing
tawseefkhan.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I've been thinking a lot about the impact being a published author has on our self-image, so I wrote about it in my latest newsletter. It led me to think more broadly about who is considered 'marketable' in publishing. You can check it out here:
tawseefkhan.substack.com/p/on-appeara...
tawseefkhan.substack.com/p/on-appeara...
First he gets a pass to threaten/libel people, and now he gets a pass to damage their property.
He'll take this as a win, but as he's his own worst enemy, it's only a matter of time before he does something truly awful because he thinks he's been given permission.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He'll take this as a win, but as he's his own worst enemy, it's only a matter of time before he does something truly awful because he thinks he's been given permission.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but guilty of damaging phone
Comedy writer Graham Linehan
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
First he gets a pass to threaten/libel people, and now he gets a pass to damage their property.
He'll take this as a win, but as he's his own worst enemy, it's only a matter of time before he does something truly awful because he thinks he's been given permission.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He'll take this as a win, but as he's his own worst enemy, it's only a matter of time before he does something truly awful because he thinks he's been given permission.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
For better or worse, that Naked Gun is THE funniest movie in this list says everything 😬
The Life of Brian is not in the list… THE LIFE OF BRIAN!!!!
PADDINGTON 2? Not in the list!
SINGING IN THE RAIN? nope!
THE LEGO MOVIE? Denied!
What the hell, Variety?!
PADDINGTON 2? Not in the list!
SINGING IN THE RAIN? nope!
THE LEGO MOVIE? Denied!
What the hell, Variety?!
It is imposdible to make a Top 100 list everyone agrees with…
BUT THIS LIST IS SO WRONG!!!!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
BUT THIS LIST IS SO WRONG!!!!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
For better or worse, that Naked Gun is THE funniest movie in this list says everything 😬
Oh yes please! 😂😂😂
What carols do we reckon?
(An all) White Christmas
O Come All Ye Faithful (no, not you)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (on temporary working visa only)
I Saw Three Ships (and sent them right back to where they came from)
What carols do we reckon?
(An all) White Christmas
O Come All Ye Faithful (no, not you)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (on temporary working visa only)
I Saw Three Ships (and sent them right back to where they came from)
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Oh yes please! 😂😂😂
What carols do we reckon?
(An all) White Christmas
O Come All Ye Faithful (no, not you)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (on temporary working visa only)
I Saw Three Ships (and sent them right back to where they came from)
What carols do we reckon?
(An all) White Christmas
O Come All Ye Faithful (no, not you)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (on temporary working visa only)
I Saw Three Ships (and sent them right back to where they came from)
This is lovely 💕
Jonathan Bailey goes on to Seth Meyers to promote 'Wicked: For Good', then spends most of the interview promoting his childhood friend, Kit Buchan's, musical 'Two Strangers' (which is one of my top 5 musicals ever).
youtu.be/35Xioi0vjKI?...
Jonathan Bailey goes on to Seth Meyers to promote 'Wicked: For Good', then spends most of the interview promoting his childhood friend, Kit Buchan's, musical 'Two Strangers' (which is one of my top 5 musicals ever).
youtu.be/35Xioi0vjKI?...
Jonathan Bailey Couldn’t Stop Crying Seeing His Niece Watch Wicked: For Good
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is lovely 💕
Jonathan Bailey goes on to Seth Meyers to promote 'Wicked: For Good', then spends most of the interview promoting his childhood friend, Kit Buchan's, musical 'Two Strangers' (which is one of my top 5 musicals ever).
youtu.be/35Xioi0vjKI?...
Jonathan Bailey goes on to Seth Meyers to promote 'Wicked: For Good', then spends most of the interview promoting his childhood friend, Kit Buchan's, musical 'Two Strangers' (which is one of my top 5 musicals ever).
youtu.be/35Xioi0vjKI?...
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
A literally grew up looking at said hill/mountain 💕
A literally grew up looking at said hill/mountain 💕
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
A literally grew up looking at said hill/mountain 💕
A literally grew up looking at said hill/mountain 💕
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As it's Wicked week, here's a journalist creating her very own straw man by inventing a ridiculous hypothetical in order to show that her views are entirely reasonable.
'Imagine' 🙄
If you have to resort to this, your views are anything but reasonable.
'Imagine' 🙄
If you have to resort to this, your views are anything but reasonable.
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As it's Wicked week, here's a journalist creating her very own straw man by inventing a ridiculous hypothetical in order to show that her views are entirely reasonable.
'Imagine' 🙄
If you have to resort to this, your views are anything but reasonable.
'Imagine' 🙄
If you have to resort to this, your views are anything but reasonable.
“I wanna kiss you in Paris
I wanna hold your hand in Rome
I wanna run naked in a rainstorm
Make love in a train cross-country
You put this in me
So now what, so now what?”
I wanna hold your hand in Rome
I wanna run naked in a rainstorm
Make love in a train cross-country
You put this in me
So now what, so now what?”
Ken Leeeeee
If Libidindauchoooo
Ken Leeeeeeee
Ken Leeeeeeee anymore
If Libidindauchoooo
Ken Leeeeeeee
Ken Leeeeeeee anymore
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“I wanna kiss you in Paris
I wanna hold your hand in Rome
I wanna run naked in a rainstorm
Make love in a train cross-country
You put this in me
So now what, so now what?”
I wanna hold your hand in Rome
I wanna run naked in a rainstorm
Make love in a train cross-country
You put this in me
So now what, so now what?”
I think going into the second half of 'Wicked' expecting the same as the first might be the reason why studios are reluctant to take risks these days.
Also, with this, it's not a sequel, it's one movie, you just didn't like the story moving forward 🤷♂️
Also, with this, it's not a sequel, it's one movie, you just didn't like the story moving forward 🤷♂️
a man wearing a jacket with the letter s on the sleeve
ALT: a man wearing a jacket with the letter s on the sleeve
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I think going into the second half of 'Wicked' expecting the same as the first might be the reason why studios are reluctant to take risks these days.
Also, with this, it's not a sequel, it's one movie, you just didn't like the story moving forward 🤷♂️
Also, with this, it's not a sequel, it's one movie, you just didn't like the story moving forward 🤷♂️
Most people should ‘mind’ that they were called a fascist if they weren’t.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Most people should ‘mind’ that they were called a fascist if they weren’t.
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@chazzersmurf.bsky.social have you seen this? 😂🥰
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@chazzersmurf.bsky.social have you seen this? 😂🥰
Watching Starmer being interviewed on Channel 4 News and honestly, if you plopped Sunak into that seat you’d have exactly the same answers.
What an appalling betrayal of those people who voted for ‘change’.
You were lied to.
What an appalling betrayal of those people who voted for ‘change’.
You were lied to.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Watching Starmer being interviewed on Channel 4 News and honestly, if you plopped Sunak into that seat you’d have exactly the same answers.
What an appalling betrayal of those people who voted for ‘change’.
You were lied to.
What an appalling betrayal of those people who voted for ‘change’.
You were lied to.
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I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
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Leading anti-trans writer Kathleen Stock (whom Rowling is “proud” to call her friend), now comes out with this gem on abortion. Who could have foreseen that TERFs would attack bodily autonomy? All of us did. All of us.
Transphobia rots your brain.
Transphobia rots your brain.
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Leading anti-trans writer Kathleen Stock (whom Rowling is “proud” to call her friend), now comes out with this gem on abortion. Who could have foreseen that TERFs would attack bodily autonomy? All of us did. All of us.
Transphobia rots your brain.
Transphobia rots your brain.
No one's asked the key question, how would this be enforced?
There'd either have to be a security person on each tube, in which case there's no need to segregate as there'd be security.
Or it'd rely on peer pressure, in which case, as above.
Signs don't stop abuse
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
There'd either have to be a security person on each tube, in which case there's no need to segregate as there'd be security.
Or it'd rely on peer pressure, in which case, as above.
Signs don't stop abuse
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
This new campaign wants women-only carriages on London’s tube
A petition in favour of the idea has gained more than 7,800 signatures.
www.timeout.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
No one's asked the key question, how would this be enforced?
There'd either have to be a security person on each tube, in which case there's no need to segregate as there'd be security.
Or it'd rely on peer pressure, in which case, as above.
Signs don't stop abuse
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
There'd either have to be a security person on each tube, in which case there's no need to segregate as there'd be security.
Or it'd rely on peer pressure, in which case, as above.
Signs don't stop abuse
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
Spotted in the park earlier, what do we think it is?
(Btw, i know it’s a bird you smartasses 😂)
(Btw, i know it’s a bird you smartasses 😂)
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Spotted in the park earlier, what do we think it is?
(Btw, i know it’s a bird you smartasses 😂)
(Btw, i know it’s a bird you smartasses 😂)
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This (from @anniarbour.bsky.social) is a lovely read, and I had no idea about Tip / Queen Ozma.
While she doesn't feature in this story, maybe it's quite fitting that 'Wicked: For Good' is released on the day we remember the trans people we've lost 💕
anniarbour.substack.com/p/the-wonder...
While she doesn't feature in this story, maybe it's quite fitting that 'Wicked: For Good' is released on the day we remember the trans people we've lost 💕
anniarbour.substack.com/p/the-wonder...
The Wonderful Queerness of Oz
Follow the sparkly road from Ozma to Wicked
anniarbour.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This (from @anniarbour.bsky.social) is a lovely read, and I had no idea about Tip / Queen Ozma.
While she doesn't feature in this story, maybe it's quite fitting that 'Wicked: For Good' is released on the day we remember the trans people we've lost 💕
anniarbour.substack.com/p/the-wonder...
While she doesn't feature in this story, maybe it's quite fitting that 'Wicked: For Good' is released on the day we remember the trans people we've lost 💕
anniarbour.substack.com/p/the-wonder...