Gutterslut Ball 09/10/10

Putting on the trashiest, most exciting, most adventurous, best and worst dressed parties in London, the Gutter Slut crew did it again with their recent Gutter Ball. As they put it themselves "THE three Fs are what East London's Gutterslut live by - filth, fun and fashion. A tranny loving, punky-chic gathering of the brash, the bold and the beautiful"

More stiletto wearing, fucked wig, fantastic tranny madness than you can shake a stick at, the Rhythm Factory was brought alive to the sound of hundreds of sweaty, screeching, cheering East London drag ravers. Per QX as usual ripped up the main floor with electro goodness, whilst the back room was jumping with more proper disco. Jonny Woo held court on the stage, calling the assembled trannys up for a show and calling on the crowd to cheer them along.

All in all, this was once again a fantastic night out, an incredibly celebratory, participatory night. Ego's were left at the door and everyone lived out their fantasy as THE dancing queen.

Keep your eyes peeled for the next one.

more pictures by Lorenzo Rosi

DON'T MISS: Gutterslut2nd Birthday Party

This Sat 27th February sees GutterSlut's 2nd Birthday Party bash, an event not to be missed! Rhythm Factory in Whitechapel, London host the night with all of the outrageous cross dressed performance dirty rave chaos that you'd expect from the Gutterslut Crew. With appearances from the faboulous Johnny Woo and their resident Miss Crystal Mc the night is set to explode in an orgy of glitter, dirty beats, stiletto heels, loud mouths and big big hair.
Tickets are available for £8 in advance from the wonderful Dalston Superstore, or online at ticketweb.co.uk . After attending their NYE bash, and dancing our sock off whilst big hairy Italians kneeled down and literally begged Robin to let them run off with Fanny, we can safely say this is a night like no other!

Don't say we didn't warn you xxx

"Macho Sluts" by Patrick Califia

Originally published in 1988 by Alyson Books, Patrick Califia's "Macho Sluts" has been re-released in the UK this month by Arsenal Pulp Press. Brimming with sordid tales of gender bender BDSM, the book covers everything from Lesbians being topped by Gay male cops, through to a vampire fetish club blood letting love story, even a little vanilla sex is thrown in for good measure. Setting itself above most porn with very well written and paced stories, Pat takes us on a journey through a world of leather, pleasure, pain and a lot of hot fucking. Accompanying the stories is an essay berating censorship of erotica and timely advice (written as it was in the height of the Aids scare) on safe sex. A must have for anyone's naughty book cabinet.
Wow, what a collection, Jesus Christ, this is not a book you can read on the tube to work (although a friend of mine has tried). The stories depict hot unashamedly filthy deviant tales of sex, but always with a sense of love. The characters indulge in their passions and perversions with gusto, however they are always written with a sense of respect from Califia. My personal favourites included the story of the young girl being given a loving discipline session before being sent off to boarding school and the tale of the Cops mentioned above. In an almost Rolad Dahl way a lot of the stories have a surprising twist at the end which takes me back to the point that this is much better written and much more than just a collection of tales to beat off to. In summary this would get 5 hard canings, a wax drip and a good fisting out of five.		Oh, Saint Pat. How I adore thee. And how important this book has been, that reading it over 20 years after its original release, it still feels like there is space in the market / community / cosmos for such a title to be released. Amusingly, we previously hunted down an old edition prior to re-release to peruse, but it did result in me causing a series of 2nd hand book shop attendants on Charring Cross Rd to blush very hard upon enquiring if they possibly had the title. I love the introduction and how Califia firmly challenges the previously (and still somewhat) very guarded lesbian community to be more open and fluid with their fantasies and play times. And I think Pat was pretty successful as the not only are the subjects but the style a total win, making this a very entertaining read. I undoubtedly give it the full 5 Fanny fingers of fun.