November 05, 2007

'Memorial toilet' proposed in London for gay playwright

He did what he did because it was the only place he could do it in those days and I think it would show how attitudes have changed.
"We wouldn't be celebrating cottaging, we would be celebrating how much more liberal we are these days." (--Local trader Mike Weedon)

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5791.html

..it would be an "insult" to (Joe) Orton's memory...Orton, celebrated in the 1987 film "Prick Up Your Ears", wrote a series of popular but controversial plays, including "Loot", "What the Butler Saw" and "Entertaining Mr Sloane.

AFPs story | by way of Daily Weird

Posted by Stubbornson at November 5, 2007 02:00 PM