Labi Siffre - Into The Light

If heterosexual men stopped trying to prove they're not Gay the world would be a much more peaceful place!

Coming Out In The Catholic Church

“Love is love, is love, is love"

https://www.dw.com/.../coming-out-in-the.../av-61110804

 

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Labi Siffre In Conversation with Tom Robinson

Available to listen to until August 27th 2017

"Amazing interview with Labi Siffre, worth listening to for countless reasons"

Alistair Little

"Very rewarding interview with @labisiffre by @freshnet. Unexpected and brilliant"

Tim Thornton

"tbh, didn't really know anything about this artist, apart from (Something Inside) So-Strong - but what a talent! Worth it for "The Vulture" alone!"

Mark Gradwell

"Absolutely brilliant interview of @labisiffre by @gladtobegay. Worth a listen. Great music too"
Anneke P

"I listened to this awesome programme on way back from my first week today. @labisiffre you are a beacon of inspiration to us all"

Beverley Bryant

I listened to your chat with Tom Robinson last week. It was absolutely fantastic and fascinating. Thanks for it.

olly page

LOVED the Tom Robinson interview. Could listen to you both all day. Thank you.
Ian Conningham 

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Focus

The narrower my view
The easier I can say
"This has nothing to do with ..." (whatever I choose)
Cos whatever I choose cannot be seen
From where I stand
If I narrow my view
So I narrow my view

I narrow my view cos
Parochialism pays dividends
(For me)
I declare things are simple, straightforward
With my narrow view, awkward complexity is banished,
Vanished, irrelevant, not true
So I narrow my view
But

Often wonderfully, too often tragically,
Anything human is complexity
Upon complexity, upon paradox on toast
Shadows have shadows
Ghosts have ghosts
So I narrow my view
Being careful not to tilt
So leave complexity to the few willing
To handle, at least a little, collective guilt

Another man of the people
I feel safer in and with the crowd
Fifty millennia proud and strong; I narrow my view,
Empirically it compounds the problems
But it makes me feel it’s easier to get on

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IN THE NAME OF "AGNABOBBAL"

The Appropriate and Honest Response to “Does God Hate Queers?” is, “There Is No Evidence Of God”.

The question, “Does God Hate Queers?” is dishonest, cynical and dishonourable in that it attempts to give legitimacy to a lie: the lie that we know God exists. The religious speak of "religious belief" but demand that the object of that belief be accepted as a fact. Belief is not evidence. "But there MUST be a God" is not evidence of God.

God is wielded by those wishing to present an unimpeachable authority for their views, beliefs, actions, attitudes, politics, behaviours, discriminations, abuses, lazy reasoning. The audience are expected to respond with "Well, if God says it's OK ... it must be OK". Substitute "Agnabobbal" for "God" and the responses would be "What is Agnabobbal?" "Does Agnabobbal exist?" "Before you crucify this guy on the authority of Agnabobbal please supply evidence that Agnabobbal exists and is not just a cynical and lazy justification for you to do whatever you want with universal approval".

In the name of Agnabobbal I suggest a more rigorous and honourable approach to discrimination, reasoning, and morality.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p050zvxs

For The Orlando Dead - June 12th 2016

Fifty, yet, dead; a coward
Inspired by craven belief
Killed them; if
Angels exist they shit
In his mouth

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Muhammed Ali - Farewell

Farewell Muhammed Ali
You chose your name
And label

Despite white cowardice
You stung like a bee, and
Encouraged me
To be Me

Thank you
Muhammed Ali

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ONLY GOD DESERVES HELL

Falsely Claimed Moral Authority

Belief is
To
Religious Belief

As
A Scientific Theory is
To
A Theory

Or
A life
To
A “lifestyle”

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In the pocket

The pews creak with the weight of adulterers

The pastor, gold plated, shoes squeaking in brotherhood, agrees

With Bill Clinton (but more so with the bishop)

”It’s the economy, stupid” (now let’s get the gays!)

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