Queering Blackpool

A man describes how his mother escaped from an abusive relationship when he was a boy; he does not go into detail about this domestic abuse.

There is strong language (‘f**k’) as well as milder terms including ‘slag’, ‘bitch’, ’dick’, 'shit’, ‘crap’, ‘piss’, ‘balls', ‘arse’, ‘tits’, 'frigging‘, ‘bugger’ and ‘bloody’.

A performer holds a large dildo on stage in archive footage of a drag show. There are also verbal sex references and innuendo, often occurring in a comic context.

References are made to historical homophobia and transphobia, as well as discriminatory attitudes towards the gay community during the height of the AIDS/ HIV crisis. People also talk about acts of discriminatory violence, such as a gay man being badly beaten by a gang, and the use of insulting discriminatory terms.

Comic verbal references are made to the misuse of Ecstacy and marijuana.

A man tells a humorous story which involves him being groped in a nightclub.

A performer tells a joke on stage which makes reference to suicide.

There is brief sight of buttock nudity during a burlesque show.

People discuss the devastating impact the HIV/AIDS crisis had on their community, including the loss of friends and loved ones.

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.