‘Guys would think I was a girl then get aggressive when they found out my name was Brian’: how Placebo made Nancy Boy

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘Guys would think I was a girl then get aggressive when they found out my name was Brian’: how Placebo made Nancy Boy, ‘I thought I could regain some power by writing a celebration of debauchery that was so brazenly sexual it would infuriate the people who insulted me’ Nancy Boy was about reclaiming the homophobic insults that were hurled at me every time I went out because I had long hair and wore eyeliner and nail polish. I’d walk into a bar and people would react vociferously, or guys would think I was a girl then get really aggressive when they found out my name was Brian. I thought I could regain some power by writing a celebration of debauchery that was so brazenly sexual it would piss off the people who insulted me even more. Continue reading…

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Source

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