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From 72 Sept, lose Toate, sngten organ Final Crain Ato todoa! wth ones teen cd Hoy ‘8 September ack Mysterious Skin Set in New York ‘and Kansas, Mysterious Skin tlls the story of two young boys separated by location but connected by their haunt- ing childhoods. In New York, street hustler Neil (liver Walker) satisfies his sexual obsession with ok working the streets, In Kansas, Brian suffers from blackouts, consequen: tial memory loss and an unheatthy ‘obsession with aliens, Soot Heim’s infamously affecting book — later ‘acically acclaimed fim starting Joseph Gordon-Levitt —is adapted for ‘he stage by director Peter Darney. 18 20 September, The Dri Hal, Chenies Street, London, drihall.co.uk mt Phantom of the Opera its been 25, years since Sir Andrew Lloyd Web: ber’ iconic masterpiece The Phantom cof The Opera frst hit the West End To celebrate one of London's most glorious and dramatic venues, the Royal Albert Hall wll be hosting an an- riversary performance. With Cameron Macintosh at the helm, Ramin Karim- loo as Phantom (his last performance in the roe) is brought together with Slorra Baggess as Christine, Original choreographer Gillan Lynne wil also be involved, Rumours of special ap- pearances are rife. We know Graham Nortan and Denise Van Outen are Ls BFFs these days, but we're struggling to imagine where he'd put them... 1 and 2 October, Royal Albert Hall, London, royalalberthallcom mt cer‘We're on the phone to Broadway floor wit everybody” the lesson ve been learning. | was legend Idina Menzel. The frst person Right, that's the gay credential ‘concerned that it was hard to have an to play and define the role of Eiphaba sorted. Now forthe second most obvi-_ intimacy with my audience when you inthe musical phenomenon Wicked. ous thing to clear up. What are the have such a huge thing orchestra “The woman who played the rival chances of Mrs Menzel slipping back behind you. And so | was afraid 1d vocal coach in Glee, and Rachel into those witch's shoos? lose intimacy that | wanted to maintain Berry's biological mother. She was in “I think that Ike singing songsin withthe audience no matter what size the orginal cast of Rent. A musi- my concerts and stuffto keep thatthe venue and found that 'm able to cal singer of wit, charm and beauty, alive inside of me that idon'tneed —-—_—ave these very dramatic, theatrical ith a set of lungs thatlaunched the toputthe green on everyday" We moments wih an orchestra in these anthem Defying Gravity. And we go should've known, Kick starting @ {gorgeous venues and stl beable to ‘and ask Idina what's the gayest thing Broadway phenomenon and com-_talk tothe audience and telly stories. ‘she's ever done. ‘mandeering a phenomenal London “And I'm able to reveal a small side ‘Alor musing about how offensive itis transfer was surely enough, ‘of myself which I thinks important for tobandy around the word gay (a previ Infact the reason we're on the every artist to do with their audience, | ‘ous director used to pull people upfor blower is because she's returning ‘mean not everything, but I feel the au it) we decide to settle on hercampest to London. That, and Idina’s own dience should leave feeling Ike they ‘moment. I's an impossible question. _anglophilia {got to know a part of me and | guess Idina has a slow, considered delivery _—“Ilove London andi's gota very _I just stopped worrying about the fact toeverything she says, both calculated special placeinmy heart because _that there's €0 people stood behind ‘and chilled at the same time, vwnen | went over to do Wicked there! me and Ijust take my tne." ‘Wellobviously! was inthe Hallow was the only American inthe cast and During our chat, we glean a few of ‘een parade when |was in Wicked, the they just really ook mein and showed these details about her life, She's hap- ‘ay parade in the village,” she says, __me the iy. Itwas just one of the most ply married and her aforementioned “you can find pictures, twas realy em- wonderful experiences of my lif, hon- son has two fary godfathers (Uncle barrassing what Ilooked ike. Some cat estly” With a raised (unseen) eyebrow, Glenn and Uncle Mark), We some version, transvestite version of Eipnaba we ask her where she hung out how get onto Walker's TV viewing ‘he witch wih some weird hatthat we'd “I fellin love wth Hampstead habits, "Lately we've been dancing to pputon andi satinacarand waved to Heath. And obviously haven't Single Ladies and Bruno Mars, Just ‘everybody, Iwas ike Miss America as explored allofitbecauseit's so big The Way You Are, that realy gots ‘wicked witch, but without the green, and each time you go you can kind of im going, laps around the house, Having scarecrows and lonsand alot explore different geography, but Ifell crazy dancing, and he (of Dorothys running ater” in ove with it there" ‘We both laugh, We sie a gulp as we think about "ALOT of Dorothys, and now i's a some ofthe things we've seen on lotot Eiphatas, being a glamorous Hampstead Heath, I's right by our of- {green goddess as opposed to the tice, which isthe only information we Margaret Hamiton.” fett comfortable volunteering her ‘That's the actress who played the two-year-old son Walker was just \wicked witch ofthe west inthe seminal next door and had already inter- film version of The Wizard of Oz that rupted the interview by waling, launched Judy Garlands career. ‘She goes on, One time leven Sciacca, Seeecas IDINA breathing theatre type way. We could way of puting it But she's not ‘only just keep up. On with the gayness: coming to London for walks on "So that was pretty darn camp. Oh __the Heath, she's gota job to-do. A ‘and | went to this big gay dance club concert the Royal Albert Hall, no ‘and did @ Delying Gravity contest and les. And with no less than 60 people ‘everybody got up and sang the last manning the orchestra, how's she. line and | got to judge who sang the going to command that stage? best. That was fun, and I danced ike "That's a really good question,” she Madonna in the middle a the dance says, Idan'try to command itis| eecrmt how to jump. We've been working onitfor so long and finally he off the ground and he's so ving Warmer intensive training and learning the Single Ladies routine In fact, itis a It- tle bit Glee. Which is something were viously going to bring up, given she landed a ole inthe hit series, Who ‘would she adopt it she could? Well Leah Michelle is very special to ‘me, Ive known her for mary years and we've done some stuf together back In New York and she is a sweetheart, land then Chris ‘uy and really easy to tak to. I mean | worry about him, but I think he's much stronger than he comes off, butts them al, Things are going so quickly for them and I's ate for them to get ‘swept away and lose perspectiv ‘not appreciate the moment they Finally, we heard whisperings about a new drama series Idina ‘been working on based on Wedding Singers, “It's sort of loosely based on my cetle life when Iwas a wedding Singer and Bar Mitzvah singer in Long Island, and i had a baby at avery early age and couldn't leave town and had todo that as alving ‘and was sil here, what would my lie be tke being that kind of singer trying to raise a young child. The Script we great and Iwas Confcted about that as well becaust ‘twas something relly dear to me nd it was on a really good track, but | could turn Wn But now the gays can get married Jn New York, wouldn't she con doing a cheeky wedding tum on 121 would do it.I don't re because |nave an aversion tot. Gay or straight it doesn't matte, i people are ‘eating whilst Im singing it bothers me, But then again if it was to commen pecifc thing and | could 'be part of celebrating jal | would ofCALM WORDS WHEN YOU NEED THEM MOST... FROM COMING OUT TO GOING OUT, TO FALLING IN (& OUT OF) LOVE & MAKING NEW FRIENDS. FROM SEXUAL HEALTH TO MENTAL HEALTH, & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. WHATEVER THE CALL, FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION & SUPPORT YOU CAN TALK TO US. CALM WORDS WHEN YOU NEED THEM MOST. London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard email support: chris@llgs.org.uk Help us continue to support the community by donating or joining our team of award winning volunteers. To find out more visitIt’s not every day you get to speak to a gay Mormon father-of-two who has been a missionary, made a living as an escort, struggled with Crystal Meth addiction and now has his own one-man autobiographical show in the West End. Steven Fales has finally brought his Confessions of a Mormon Boy to the UK How does a father-ottwo juggle being a playwright, an actor and having any kind of romance? Do you know, once you cut out partying there's a lot more time and energy. "have to get into bed by midnight In order for me to function the next day because I'm up at eight. ve just spent hee months in Salt Lake City with my kids and so Iv fled my can tan, So, all dois look aroune town ‘and see what sowvenits | want to buy them. try not to get distracted by althese beautiful young guys. Right row tim pretty much kids and career. What kind of reactions do you get as a single dad in the gay ‘community? You know, there's two ways. One is:‘oh my gosh, you've got kid’. Instant family, no stretch marks. I they want family and @ home then Im ight in ther sights, There's another kind, Because | had my kids biologically and they sytines co.uk “manent se se Steven terme peteet STAGE in there, There's a cp on YouTube it you want to take a look. Look up Steven Fales and Tyra Banks and youll see me on Tyra What's the message in your play for people going through prostitu- tion or drug addiction? This s de cate because | don't want to sound Judgemental in any way. Prostitution got me through a very ciffut ie. Drugs were often very fun at diferent times but here's the thing | would ike to share: after my ex-communication, I slammed the door on a sptual te So, perhaps there's an opportunity to look at spirtuality. think that sex and drugs are often a substitute for some kind of meaning and a connection, | think my message is that you're not your past; you can reclaim your ite ‘ro matter what you've done. 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Even as their children face disaster, namely when their son Busters almost killed, the Fangs exploit the situation to market their unusual artistic vision, As the ‘novel develop, the reader Joins the Fang offspring in embracing their own ‘new identity (and, in one case, sexual ity) and in ticking two fingers up at the distorted world of ther oppressors Achiling yet darkly humorous journey that appeals to anyone who has ever Just wanted to be free from living someone else's dream. i Getting Orlancio Anthony McDonald Gating Orlando isa touching tale ot love set against the dodgy world of art theft and drug smuggling. After losing his ob, Olver sets out to make some ‘easy cash and soon finds love with companion Orlando, a man nearly hal Fis age. I's alhuge change from the teenage infatuatons of his previous books, Adam and Blue Sky Adam, ‘The descriptions that McDonald provides fr the intense romantic mo- ments between the to lovers are well writen, if not cringey in places, and he successtuly creates the gay love story within this action-packed adventure It a great addition to MeDonaid’s own bibliography and is good read for combining two gentes in one, oresSelling three million copies of your first two novels is a world away from writing sci for Easten ers and Bad Girls. Now author Tom Rob Smith is following uy gui ie and n ecret Speec! with Agent 6, the gripping ing finale is Russian thriller trilogy. How did you get your first break as writer? After university, | answered ‘an advert in a newspaper that read ‘Assistant Story Edtor ~no experience: needed.’ I was for Channel 5's soap Family Affairs and it became the fist ald weting jb I got | worked thece six ‘months then worked as script editor on TTY prison drama Bad Git ‘What was the most far-fetched story ‘you ever worked on? Bad Giris had crazy stoves tke prisoners brewing po ‘son made out of rhubarb, We had todo loads of research to make sure is tx: ins could actually be brewed. n reality, it Would take fel of rhubarb to come up with enough poison to make you alitle ‘ick, not just a prison cel fl oft! ‘Then you worked on Cambodia's first ever soap opera..Yes it was ike ‘a blank canvas. All the taboo studies ‘hat wicked out on Bish soaps we didn just one year in Cambodia. We ‘thought that as we were the fist people towrite a soap there, we might 26 wel break every taboo straight away so ‘here was nothing lf for anyone else to.come up with once weld let I'd pick up anewspaper and on a daily basis. itd be ful ofthese increible stories the \witoherat and vengeanee ete. So we scr ‘iin have to stretch our imaginations too fer. When we an a gay storyine, the polticians were outraged. They said "you cant do that because there are no ‘ay people in Phnom Peni. In realty, they didnt actualy care. They just had to be seen tobe speaking out against Child 44 sold two milion copies lone. How much pressure was there to follow that up with another success? The pressure of writing Chile 44 was worse actually; wonder- Ing whether Id spent two years on something that might not be sol, It wasn’ just about the loss of time and money; it was more about wonder- ing how long it would take me to pick ‘myself up again if nobody wanted it {wrote a novella when | was 20 ant It asn’ published, and it took me years betore I tried again, | ci think "ever give up writing, but I knew it would take me another couple of yours to regroup and | was scared ofthat Whats in store for your character Leo Demidov in Agent 6 Because it was Leo's final story, I wanted to write ‘about things coming to an end. Sot cided on a crime story structured over several decades that cannot be solved, Ithad taken place in a country he couldnt physically gat to, because ofthe Iron Curtain, Leo loses some- ‘one he loves very dearly in America land he knows the offcial version behind this murder isle Who's the frst person to read your Work? I dont share it ih anyone cother than my agent or frien from University. Not even my parents or my partner Ben (Stephenson, Controler of BBC Drama Commissioning) reads carly drafts. I's dangerous asking for opinions ~ it's tke a muddling of our Personal and professional ives. give itte someone, I want an absolutely honest opinion. And is hard to ask a partner for an opinion because if theyre Particularly abrasive to something, You then have to see them wandering ‘around the flat ve minutes later What with your experience in writ Ing for TV and Ben's job in drama, does he ever ask for your opinions ‘on programmes he's commission- Ing? No! Never. My job sn serptIng dramas any more, And there's a weirdness about a writer giving an opinion about another writer's work. 1 dont fee! comfortabie in ofering any opinion at al Once I seit 1 el him what I think oft but never ducing the commissioning process, The mast do is comment on a tte. Do you read reviews of your work? Reviews are lke asking your parents wat they thnk of your love lite, You's lke to say you don't care, but actually you do. When the reviews come out, just ask i they are positive or negative and thats it. When youre frst re viewed, i's a strange feeling and you do take it personaly I's ike waking along the street and having someone teling you they hate your clothes. After a while you realise reviews are just voices in the darkness. You don't know who they'e written by or what their agenda is, whether they're happy or sad people... you just have to lett 90 Your novels are very visual. Can you see them being turned into ‘iims? Director and producer Riley Scott (Alien, Glaiator, Blade Runner) has the rights to Child 44 and took it to 20th Century Fox. But in the end they got cold feet about the idea of spending $100 milion move starting Leonardo DiCaprio and Angelina Jolie that's set in Fussia Also it was during the period ofthe financial crash and 0 we moved it rom Fox to Summit, who made the Twilight series, They don't seeit asa risk, They want to make it for less money, but they see it as an intemational ‘movi, Suddenly it's gota really good home. Is there @ misconception that gay writers should only write about gay-relat- 4 Issues? An interviewer ‘noe asked me why I wasn't writing about being gay. I's like asking a straight guy why he ist writing about being straight. The story has to come first no matter what your sexual iy is. John Logan isan incredible screenwriter—he wrote Rango, Glad ator and Sweeney Todd — these aren't ‘mavies that deal with his sexuality. se li eae od ‘So you're a writer who happens to bbe gay, rather than a gay writer? When | worked on fim and TV scripts, |1was much more anonymous. So the {question of what my sexuality was kind of disappeared. But as a novelist, Im the face of my book and the question about writing about my sexuality is ‘ised more, But you can only write @ story about something you relly want to rite about. it might be something that’s explicit to do with your sexu: ly, might not be just pick stories 1 Connect with | wouldn't rule out writing ‘about being gay though. ‘An executive producer on a TV ‘show once said you were ‘good ‘on emotion’ which you said was ‘code for ‘you're gay.’ Yes, that was (on Sky's soap Dream Team. twas the ony time in my career Ive felt the pinch of homophobia. They introduced the character of a gay footballer — he ‘was meant to come out and his football kis were so great tat inthe end, peo- ple would say his sexuality dint mat- ter. Then they decided on a plot didnt like where someone's child was going to get kidnapped and molested and he was going to get accused because he was gay Another character was going tocal him a ‘perverse faggot’ and | protested. twas awful and uncomfor- ‘able and fl ike the lone voice inthe room, Unfortunately the story remained, ‘but the word faggot was cut out ‘Are you excited by the release of ‘Agent 6? | always have a mixture of feeling excited and slighty terrified. No ‘matter how happy you feel about tthe ‘amount of time you've spent on itor problems you've itoned out, you just don't know whether you've managed te succeed of not until people read it. Have you started work on your next ‘book? Yes, i's a stand-alone novel ~ thviler— but unke any other trite Ive read before. I's written in fest-person ‘and i's excting to ty and work out a voice and tela story in a diferent way, like the shape, tension and discipline of thrlers W's in four parts and Ive finished part one, but my deadiine's not nti the end of next year ‘Agent 6, published by Sinan & Suse, 95PYiiste su a » STORY CLAIMED ONE IN FOUR GAY TEENS a eats HERE IN THE UK, | VIRTUALLY NO AND XAV . UDD EXAMINE 4 ac) : Ce Ve ce) SLEEPING ROUGH Cee) ba 7 or NEWS FEATURE They say charity begins at home, but for the thousands of queer teens sleeping rough aor such luxury doesn't exist. Herein Britain ising numbers of death, Why? Simply because of ther sexuality, Depressingly, itcomes at a time when housing benefits are being slashed and charities are competing with each other help, creating a sad-but-desp Firarchy of the needy. Yet the problem is nat just a domestic one. Last month, a study by Boston's Children's Hospital in the US revealed that one in four gay Massachusetts youths are home- less. Likewise, in 2009, the Nation ton for the Homeless claimed that 20% oftheir service users iden- tly as gay or bisexual But sleeping in a doorway is only the jnning, As outcasts of their family, ‘many are dragged into prostitution, or efime to ‘more remain invisible. Brendan was cone of those people. A former home ake to us candidly ‘about his time on the streets, "Iwas 16 when my father eventually kicked me oul, but he'd been planning itfor sometime, he said, *Since | came out at 13, "The bad moods and the nega: tive} atmosphere become worse and worse. The abuse was becoming [physical My father couldn't accept the situation and, instead, turned on me “it got so bad that I cin want to get up in the marning and go to schoo! [where he was also being bullied] and, atthe end of the day, | diet want to go home, There didn't ‘seem like anyone who could help, The council didn’t want to know and the homeless department in hous- Ing told me I would never get help because I wasn'ta priority” Ironically, when t fever pitch, Brendan found himself ‘abandoned by both his family and the sem, Suddenly, t00 young to work oer‘and devoid of any savings, a was your most basic emotional connec- forced to adapt to tieless day-to-day _ tion, simply because of something living onthe streets. School, exams you haven't chosen and can't ‘and building a future were swapped change, is relly traumatic for basic survival. Looking back, he "As i that wasn't enough, there's wonders how he coped. the lack of safety in schools. For was homeless for 18 months; many young people who aren't sleeping on friends sofa’, floors and safe at home, school can bea in the parks throughout central Lon- place where there are adults to don," he contesses, talk to. But, bullying of LGBT Thanktully, Brendan was eventually young people is so endemic within saved by Stonewall Housing —a.char- schools thatit complicates the ity which specifically targets queer issue further. Add to this that sex youths. But his story isnot a rare ‘education is often inadequate and fone, And, according to Petra Davis, many teachers don't understand ‘Operations Manager at the Albert the issues and it gets worse. Even Kennedy Trust, many more don't ‘ay teachers are tightened to share the same happy ending support a young person for fear of 0 why, in 2011, ae gay people being outed themselves. sill such ahigh proportion of home ‘So, you often have a young LGBT less youths? Surely society has persan who isn't sate at home or at relaxed and being gays no longera__school and that young person is vastly big issue at home? ‘more ikely to become homeless. ‘Often, our service users have ‘And, although the basic needs of all been outed before they were ready homeless people are the same, gays and the family has responded by _—_—have adaitional issues, Davis adds, kicking them out, Davis explains. Frequently, homeless LGBT "Tolose your home and your family, youths use the scene as a means of “MANY ARE BEING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED: EITHER THEY'RE HAVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ADULTS WHO HAVE NO IDEA OF HOW TO NEGOTIATE TRUE CONSENT WITH A YOUNG PERSON OR THEY’RE BEING DELIBERATELY USED FORSEXWORK” __ survival” she says. "They're looking {or relationships that can replace the ones they've lost with thelr own, {amily they're looking for people to protect and look aftr them, theyre looking for safe places. ‘Often during this time theyre being sexualy exploited: ether they're hav- ing relationships with adults who have ‘adult sexual expectations and no idea of how to negotiate true consent with a young person, or they'e being doliberately used for sex or sex work by unscrupulous adults In fact, over two-thirds of AKT ser: vice users have either been offered 82% or been forced to otfer sexin ‘exchange for somewhere to sleep. “Twenty-one year-old David from Manchester knows ths all to well. He lived on the streets for months and ‘agreed to speak with us on the condi: tion he remained anonymous. was staying with my boyfriend after my parents kicked me out, but things got relly bad between us ‘and he told me to get out. After that | used to go out clubbing and find someone to go hore with just to have a place to stay. ried to see about benefits, but they said | needed a letter from my parents to prove I wasn't ving at home, That was never going to hap- pen, so from then on I slept rough, My stuff was stil at my boyfriend's an | kept messaging him, but in the end he |ust stopped texting back. I think he {gotrid of my stft | had nothing, It was at this point that David's harsh reality began to sink in. With- ut rly realising it, he had become ‘one of Britains many homeless, And the experience terrified him. 'No one looks at you, they dont talk to you," he says. "it's horrible. And there are nasty people who think that because youre homeless they can take advantage, kept well away from most people. | was totally alone.” Eventually, ater spening some loose change in an internet cate, he discovered the Albert Kennedy ‘Trust the charity which would go (0n to rescue him sayimes co.ukBut sadly, imes have changed. Homeless issues are no longer just about finding housing, food and safety. I's about side-stepping he government's cutbacks as they at tempt to rescue Britain's depressed economy. ‘And the truth hurts: ant-cuts web- site False Economy used 250 Free- dom of Information requests to show that councils have cut more than £7 milion from housing services in the past year. Naturally, Stonewall Housing and the Albert Ken- nedy Trust willbe affected — it not financially, then certainly in terms cof demand for service. Something which, in turn, means more and ‘more people will be denied help. Bob Green, Chiet Executive of ‘Stonewall Housing is adamant that the government need to re-think their priorities. “Some local authorities do recog rise the needs of young LGBT people {and help fund Stonewall Housing In London. However, these projects ‘are under threat as local authori- ties tighten ther belts following the ‘Spending Review.” he says. ‘And he should know — both Stone- wall Housing accommodation and their advice service are under threat. ‘Demand is increasing, not fling, {and we anticipate this wll con tinue given the financial situation. All services have been independently ‘audited to show they offer very high standards of support and it wll be Impossible to replace this expertise it itwere to close," he ads “The Coalition Government's proposed cap on housing benefit {and tine-limit on certain welfare benefits mean that LGBT people who need to move because they'e ‘experiencing abuse or harassment will have to re-consider whether they can afford to escape. “Quite simply, there needs to be ‘more affordable housing or more people will became homeless: Fortunatly, this is something AKT are actively addressing ‘They/re looking to develop special- Ist emergency housing in both More than people contacted Stonewall Housing last year At least were black or from ethnic communities have mental health problems as a result of their housing situation were suicidal lived in saunas or squats Government estimates suggest at least people were sleeping rough in London from 2009-2010 London and Manchester, where the demands appear to dif. In Manchester, the need is for long term supported housing which runs for sixto eighteen months. In London, the need is for the UK's first LGBT safe house a place to {90 for young LGBT people fleeing Violence and exploitation, some- were they can regain choice, safety and selt-respect. But, in the spate of cut-backs, they are reliant solely on donations and the generosity of others. Which means it ‘could fall through at any time. For Green, this is simply a recipe for disaster and needs to be u-turned bore it's too late “The Government needs to protect vital services such as these offered to LGBT people in housing criss, H they {do not then increasing numbers will not receive the advice and support they need, In turn, more LGBT people will become homeless”. “To donate ta Stanewal Housing othe ‘Abernedy Tras it stonewalhousing org 99Will more gay students be forced into escort or prostitution work to make university education pay? Universities struggle with “unparalleled uncertainty.” This headline from earlier this, ‘year, points ominously at the huge hike in tuition fees across the country. It could not have been more accurate, or more haunting, While a financial shortfall threatens to deter poorer students from attending altogether, for those more ardent academics it raises yet another challenge, one in which they'll have to think creatively to keep themselves afloat in a rising sea of debt. There is even some concern among the LGBT community that more and more gay students will turn to prostitution as a way to support them- solves in university and beyond, especially after a study by Kingston University found that 25% of students know someone who has done just this. In fact “several hundred” ‘would genuinely consider escort work. But are these fears justifiable? Far of freeing themselves financially, will students find themselves with no viable alternative than ex- ‘changing their sexual freedom for the money they need for the weekly food shop? With a third of Higher Education institutions in the UK opting to charge £9000 a year from 2012, despite no concrete guarantee of marked improvement in the standard of teaching or facilities available, aside from worried institu tions, that same wounding uncertainty is be- ing faced tenfold by hundreds of thousands of pupils who are left holding an empty wal- let and a heavy burden. We ask two experts whether more students will be forced into raising money more ‘creatively’ to escape a new onslaught of money worries. m “me Hogue ant —a ‘ocr says Robert Richardson, former LGBT Society President of the University of Lincoln A student's sexuality should not de- termine their potential affiliation with escort work these pressures will affect all students. Making a cistine- tion between sexualities is largely imelevant. The effect on gay students willbe no aitferent othe aifficuties faced by other groups and the general student body in these terms. While funding university wil be a significant problem for many students ‘ver the coming years with the educa- tion cuts and rise in tuition fees, this Increase willonly have an effect on personal fnances once a student has graduated and is attempting to pay back their loans. But with fees, food {and housing prices consistently rising wile the money given to students r= ‘mains disproportionately stati, there ‘may be significant demand for more parttime work. There is the potential however marginal, that this could lead to an increase in escort work being seen as @ viable alternative to conventional employment. Prostitution land escort works, ater al, always a potentially lucrative opportuity This would-be rise of prostitu- tion work in order to supplement or Increase personal finances is a major concern, However, | do not believe it Is drectiy related to the rise in tution fees; students will not be financially ‘worse-off in the short term because tution fees are paid after graduation, Its the living cost of university that is ‘a more pressing problem What I do find of great concern, ‘more than students becoming escorts to fund studying, isthe more feasible ‘ise in prostitution to pay back those debts when they graduate. The jobs ‘markets so weak and intensely competitive for most graduates that it Js even more appealing as a budding ‘source of income than ever before, ‘We should be more worried about the sate of gay graduates in an unstable Job market than we are about students {going to university under the yoke of higher tuition fees. As with anything, personal crcum- stances are always the biggest factor ‘and these are neither gender no ‘sexuality speci. A cause for concem Js the lack of opportunites beyond the campus for other part-time work to subsidise study. Put simply, there {are just not enough jobs available for ‘everyone tobe employed — some stu dlonts simply have to make do, which | a universal truth any undergrad will vehemently attest to, However, ‘gay students do have an advantage In many cases for part-time work, ‘especially in regards to retail, which contributes highly tothe student Job market in many university cities ‘because ofthe constant demand for consumerism. This gives me some hope that prostitution would not be the only outlet forthe gay workforce while studying where there are so many other perfectly viable prospects, |1do not think thatthe risk and re- wards of prostitution for gay students is any more appealing, on balance, than itcould be for straight ones. The tisk of arse in those seeking out es- Cort work, gay or straight, is asithas always been, a possible option but ‘nota general rend, Only a very small percentage of students are prost- tutes, and unless the general trend toward crime paying for education also increases, then I da not believe that gay students are more at risk fom ‘becoming prostitutes than any other member of the student community. (com LGBT Sosy, vst enconsu come sayimes co.uk‘says Aaron Porter, former President of the National Union of ‘Students "New entrants will soon pay as much ‘a8 a whopping £9000 per year for the privilege of a higher education. This hhas happened despite an unprec- ‘edented backtash from students, deep unpopularity among much of the Conservatives midle-England ‘suppor, fierce opposition from Labour and the breaking ofthat now infamous pledge from the Lib Dems to vote against any increase, which they had made such a song and dance about before the election But or all the furore, the focus has ‘been on the tulon fee paid back after graduates start earning £21,000 8 year, and not on te hardship many students face while studying, The basic ‘maintenance loan available to students has barely increased durin the period In which fees have increased, and with the costof ving soaring too — some university accommodation is charged at ‘over £400 a week ~its often the money in the students pocket which is the biggest issue, particularly those from sadvantaged backgrounds unable to cal on the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad. This |s@ particular problem for lots of LGBT students, for whom a considerably larger proportion are estranged from ‘heir parents, often after coming out, {and therefore ineligible for student sup: port you accept there is a correlation ‘between financial hardship and those Who are foroed into escort or prostiu- saytines.co uk tion, then the evidence isincontovert- ible As financial hardship deepens forall students, particularly those who are estranged from their parents and unable to aocess a loan for ther fees, then students desperate fo complete an ‘education wil look to more extreme em Ployment including the sex industry to ‘cover their fees, pay fr @ root over their head and ensure they have enough ‘money fr food and books. But there are some more subtle reasons whty escort or prosttuion work isa direction more and more students may be forced to turn toward 1m sure the reaction of lots of readers willbe, why can't a student just work in abarorin ahigh stret store? But forlots of students, the recent reces: sion has meant a squeeze for al jobs. “The squeeze is now so intense that often current students are competing against recent graduates, school- leavers and others that have lost thee {bs elsewhere inthe economy for ‘casual work. Faced with an over- whelming demand for work, employers are choosing students less and less {or jobs ike waiting which was once seen as the exclusive preserve of students, So for those struggling to get parttime work, facing mounting costs ‘ot higher education, students have to take increasingly desperate measures in order to sustain themselves, While very few students, or indeed anyone for that matter, that oes into ‘escort work or prostitution does 60 as postive choice, the fact its fexble, ‘casual and cash in hand appeals. to those desperate for money, and that includes students. Thousands ‘of students are forced olive on the breadline, atten having to survive on less than £15 a week of disposable income. Unless the conditions for student finance, and crucially the money in students’ pockets during study gets better rather than worse, ais the trend, th e numbers working as escorts or prostitutes is almost ‘certainly going to increase, rather ‘than fall away. ‘Aaron Porteris nw a sla jounat na igher escaton conse x ‘rpeonsutancyoouk DEBATE The facts The number of students who've entered the sex industry to fund their ‘studies went up from 3% to 25% in 10 years. 16% of students in one university said they ‘would consider working escort or prostitution work to fund their study. This was before tuition fees went up. From 2012, tuition fees will rise to a maximum of £9,000 a year. Areport by the BBC suggested graduates could end up being ‘saddled with £80,000 of debt. Source 56 ingen Urvety rioDo you think Britain is becoming more homophobic? Your response is likely to’be influenced by many variables: where you lve, where you'e from, where you hang out and who with, your appearance, how unlucky you ae... Sure, there's plenty of visible ‘support for gays inthe UK, but ike it ‘oF not, police statistics indicate 28% rise in homophobic hate crimes in London over the last four years. That's quite a jump. In 2010, police officers Inthe capital received 1,548 reports ‘of homophobic incidents, and while homophobic crime across London ‘dropped by 7% in the last year, it rose bby a massive 20.9% in the West End. ‘According to @ 2008 YouGov poll commissioned by Stonewall, one in ‘ive people in London said they'd been 8 victim of atleast one hate incident in the past thee years, and one in eight Inthe last year. So just what is going ‘non the streets of London? Are we ‘geting better at reporting incidents to tuthorities oris gay hate really on the rise? For Sam Diok, @ Policy Officer with Stonewall, i's a question that's aificul to answer with any certainty. "What we have seen recenty isa numberof realy disturbing and ser ‘ous hate crimes taking place in the ‘capital, Weld be very concerned i the Metropolitan Police or the Mayor as ‘sumed that the figures were increas: ing solely because they were doing such a good job at getting people to. report. What we do know from our research is that whilst Londoners fare no more likely to be victims of homophobic hate crimes than anyone cls inthe UK, they do feel far more vulnerable and exposed ‘Sam says that reporting hate inci- ‘dents or crimes tothe police is the single most effective way of prevent- ing them happening inthe future. “That means reporting everything from discrimination, verbal abuse and Violence. According to Stonewall’ research, a thitd of victims don't report incidents because they don't think anything would or could be done aboutit. One in five don't even think what they've experienced is an ctfence. When it comes to avoiding 103January 2011 Teenager by tor sven yous, tor sixyeers for ‘he 200 ga-hae Bayram 62,9 Trtagar Square Faby was gen nena yor for ying fucking toga: sparing the tack February Stotors pastors round Londons Fast End decaing aay te zone Pre Sato, soyearod focal an tend toy George, seus attcked ss Peeaity Grou, Jamas Bal Snow pubn Soho foriesing Tre trcted hanes axough te eho belo t began co wat = 20-year Chas Andersen knocked tone ground an Inthe mead we yng to use e cash machine on ‘Gaphar High ‘wearing pink shorts, wrens May Apation ot ver 1000 signatros sans dolverod the dot Snow am apoiogy and aes Boon no Mohammed amere £100 or the gay roe campaign seer ‘rime, wore unfortunately more ikaly to change our behaviour instead. “W's areal shame... It shouldn't be for individuals to feel that they have tochange... and it goes further than not kissing your partner in the street some people avoid phone conversa- tions in public because they're wor- ried they might inadvertently reveal the gender oftheir partner, or they ‘ress, walk or takin a certain way, or ‘theyll stop going to gay venues.” When Jonathan Wiliams and ‘James Bull were evicted from the ‘John Snow pub in Soho for kissing in Aprithis year, Paul Shetier was ‘the man who organised the kss-in protest. The issue got its fair share ‘of mainstream press and hundreds ‘of attendees, According to Paul, it wasn'ta response to an isolated in- ‘cident but rather toa disturbing trend he'd noticed in the previous weeks. In February, stickers were plastered In East London deciaring ita ‘gay free zone’, Shelter was part ofa group who replaced the stickers with “messages ‘of love". Then in March, Shetler and his male friend were turned away from Zigtid von Underbelly on Hoxton Square because they would “upset the maleremale balance’. They com- plained to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, but eventually decided not to take ito court. “Then, the Monday before the John ‘Snow incident, a friend came to me, very distraught. Held just lost his job at an establishment in Soho — hes been working there since 2004 Held been asked fo evict a gay couple who had been kissing, despite there being straight couples in there kissing to, He relused, was sereamed and yalled atby the manager, and eventually felt ‘that he had no alternative but to quit” ‘Shetier says that we have to stand Up for ourselves whenever homopho- bia happens, because if we dont, nobody else wil "We have to remember our rights are provisional. Until we are fly accepted as human beings, and that our rights are seen as human rights, not just spe- cial gay rights, we wil always be under thveat whenever there's a crisis” 18-yard Mohammed Hasnath ‘as the individual responsible forthe ay fee zone sicker campaign In June, he was ned a mere £100 by the courts. According to gay hts campaigner Petr Teche its a.case of double standards “ihe stiokers had declared East London a Jewish, black, Catholic or ‘Muslim fee zane he would have been most cartinlyconvctad ofa racial or religiously aggravated hat rime 4nd led Why the lalency? looks ike uci Romephotia” Tathel bolives there should be a sronger community response to homophobic violence Why dd the Hasnath tickers provoke hows a rage fom the LGBT Community, when farwerse homopho- bia in the same area of East London ~ sireshardy mmf pres?! 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