If you don't want to be the butt of jokes don't go to these BS festivals. My suggestion to those who do, and anybody else, is to make "taking offence" a hate crime, punishable by cancellation.
I would have done more, but there was an amount of "queer bashing" that used to go on in those days. My biggest regret was not being able to use the full size snooker table.
When I was about 12/13 I used to go to a catholic club in the basement of a catholic church. I had been an atheist for some time, but the club had a full size snooker table. One evening I was at the club early and while I was leaning over the table This catholic priest came up behind me and...
There are some doubts about using aluminium for cooking utensils. Apparently acidic food can react with the metal. I don't know how true this is, but I felt that I should mention it Doc Man.
I live in New Romney Kent. Over the years I have gradually moved away from London, (Where I was born) to get away from the congestion. As I am 88 in April I will not be joining you, much as I would like to.
Bob Hope summed it all up with a joke many years ago. "I'm not leaving California because of the homosexuality. I'm going before they make it compulsory."
I was brought up with "hetrosexual" and "queer" If anybody doesn't like it they should not talk to me or read anything I have written. These are the genders I recognise.
I was in London during the "blitz" 1940/1. We were bombed for 57 consecutive nights. It is amazing how you can get used to it. We didn't resort to cannibalism, but there was a dearth of cats, which looked very much like rabbits when they are skinned. (My dad was a butcher).
From reading some of the posts about cataract surgery, I think that if they read up about it they would understand what advantages and disadvantages happen. The ability to focus is quite diminished, but the sight becomes clearer.
I have always wondered why in places, where people are badly treated for their convictions, they still insist on proclaiming them. In some countries this amounts to virtual suicide. A little, life preserving, lie might save them.