Boy George

Most people think Boy George was a transvestite, dressing like a woman. He wasn't. He was a white rasta.

Think back to an early video such as Do You Really Want To Hurt Me. It's a reggae song. Check out the video. George dresses in rasta style, with rasta clothes. He never wears a skirt or dress. He has his hair in dreadlocks.

OK, he wears make up and his pretty face makes him androgenous enough to maybe be female. And he was openly gay at a time when it wasn't cool to be so. But this was also the New Romantic period, the early 80s when stars like Adam Ant were pioneering outrageous themed images for video and stage.

Being omnisexual and fairly androgenous ourselves we appreciate what pioneers like George did to make our way of life acceptable. But we also appreciate great music, the music of different cultures.

Which is what Culture Club was about after all.