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The Taboo Scene Was A Kind Of Deconstructed Version Of The New Romantics. The Taboo Crowd Was Using A Lot Of The Visual Ideas That Had Already Been Used. I Remember The First Time I Spotted Leigh Bowery And Trojan Parading Around In Clubs: They Were In Their "pakis From Outer Space" Look, And The Makeup Was Quite Similar To One Of My Old Looks, Because I Was Quite Fond Of Wearing Blue, Green, Or Yellow Foundation, And So I Was Pretty Dismissive Of Them At First.

Remember That I Was Out Of The Closet At The Age Of Sixteen. My Parents Knew I Was Gay; I'd Had To Tell Them.

The World Is Less Homophobic, Depending On Where You Are In The World... As A Gay Man I Feel Very Strongly About Those Issues Around The World - There've Been Huge Changes And Developments, But There Are Still Places Where Things Are Scary.

I Don't Know Whether When I Was 20 Years Old Or 25 Years Old If Somebody Would Have Come Along With Incredible Wisdom Whether I Would Have Really Listened.

I've Had To Write In A Different Way Because I'm Not In A Bad Place And I'm Not Heartbroken, So There's No One I Want Revenge On.