Saturday, August 20, 2011

UK: U-turn over funding for gay group

Thu, 18 Aug 2011

The organisers of a homosexual arts festival that featured “free lap dances” and “unspeakable live participation” have been awarded £210,000 of public money.

Homotopia’s application for Arts Council England funding was initially rejected because, according to The Guardian, the group did not have a business plan.

But Homotopia complained, saying it would have business structures in place by 2012. The Arts Council reversed its decision and awarded the group £70,000 per year for a three year period. the rest

Last year Homotopia ran an arts festival with acts including an interactive performance called Peaches Christ presents All About Evil.

1 Comments:

At 11:20 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks, Rowan Williams and Tony Blair - you opened the door for this kind of public indecency.

Wonder how many Anglican 'priests' participated?

 

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