31/08/2023
There has always been solidarity between LGBTQIA people and countercultural movements, whether they be New Age Travellers and Greenham Common Peace Women in the eighties. or goths, punks and hard rockers. Our enemies are mostly the same - the right wing press, fascists and heterosexual thugs. In many smaller towns and villages round the UK. gay and goth venues are one and the same and people socialise together away from what feminist theorist Adrienne Rich described as "Compulsory Heterosexuality". You may remember that in 2007, a goth girl, called Sophie Lancaster, was murdered by a gang of hetero, macho youths. Her late mother created a campaign group to highlight hate crimes generally, and specifically against countercultural groups such as goths. Until August 21st, the SOPHIE Foundation has for sale limited edition pink t-shirts and tote bag. They say "The t-shirt (£25) and tote bag (£15) are a special one-off and will be sold at Bloodstock Festival. We only have a limited number in each size, so if you want one, get to the stall as soon as you can! Artist and animator, Andy Pilkington, from Very Metal Art kindly offered his amazing design services to support the Foundation’s work.
If you're not at Bloodstock, for the first time ever, we will be making a festival line available on our online store for a limited time only! You can pre-order the tote bag and t-shirt NOW until Monday 21st August. Once this date has passed, they will come off the site and the order will be put into production. There will be no other stock available, so get your orders in before the 21st".
