Bronski Beat’s Jimmy Somerville fights to remove ‘Smalltown Boy’ from film by “anti-Trans” LGB Alliance: “I would never allow anything of mine to be used by such a group”

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Generation Gay.The group, which was granted charity status in 2021, claims to “advance the interests of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals”, but have been vocal in their exclusion of trans people and their opposition of gender identity education in schools, gender recognition reform and gender-affirming healthcare.Somerville, Bronski Beat’s surviving member, took to Instagram yesterday (November 24) to say the use of the track in the film was “unapproved”.In a video, Somerville said: “It has come to my attention that the LGB Alliance is using ‘Small Town Boy’ in a film called Generation Gay.

LGB Alliance is anti-trans. I would never allow anything of mine to be used by such a group. So we will do everything we can as soon as possible to have ‘Smalltown Boy’ removed from this film.“How dare you?

How fucking dare you? So I just want to let you know that there’s nothing to do with me, didn’t know about it, but we will do something about it,” he concluded.A post shared by Bronski Beat (@bronskibeatofficial) Last month, the band released their own short documentary to mark the 40th anniversary of their iconic single ‘Why?’, from their debut album ‘Age Of Consent’.