Page 5 - xxxposure issue one -Winter

I guess the question we must

ask to start with is “what is
Gay skin heads from what
Modern skinz the gay skinhead scene?” we have observed are
more importantly “why do
essentially pretty average
they exist what do they stand
guys typically middle aged
for?” we spoke to BGS
to older who are loving the
community; the UK’s largest
nostalgia trip of the scene
collection of LGBT+
especially now its bringing
skinheads, all of them had a
in a younger crowd, a
lot to say during our time
chance to relive perhaps
with them at OiFest; the
the true spirit of the
annual pilgrimage for the gay
skinhead movement of the
skinhead community, your
60s is becoming a reality
probably already thinking to
and with events like OiFest
yourself “wait I thought
its doing it in style. A
skinheads were beer drinking
newer crowd has start to
racists” well beer drinking yes
emerge into the scene, with
but racist absolutely not.
each event and each

festival younger and

The movement began in the younger lads find
1960s as a diverse themselves hitting up the

multicultural stomping event organisers find
ground for people of all themselves being hit up on

Shapes and colours to social media platforms
come together and enjoy a asking questions about

blend of cultures, it gave OiFest and such “the desire
birth to the Ska genre of is there” says Steve Shiner

music which was a working the organiser of OiFest, we
class easy and uplifting asked Steve - Where did it

listening collection of works all start!?
built on the tones and styles

of reggae music brought over
by he wind-rush generation.