Martin Aston's 2017 book Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache does an incredible job of documenting gay music over the past 100 years, and is well worth a read. When Pansy Division began, thinking…
Absurd Pop Song Romance, our album from 1998, is probably the high point of our band. The first album to feature guitarist Patrick Goodwin, and the first full album with Luis Illades as drummer…
The website Off Your Radar looks back at and reviews obscure older album releases they find worthy and interesting. Last year they revisited our 1996 album Wish I'd Taken Pictures, check it out.…
A recent article in the New York Times looked back at the beginning of Bikini Kill's career, focusing on a show they played in 1992 at Gilman Street in Berkeley, with Pansy Division and Tribe 8…
Our documentary Pansy Division: Life In A Gay Rock Band premiered in 2008, and was released on DVD by Alternative Tentacles in 2009. It's still available on DVD, but you can stream it for *FREE* on…
In January 2017, former Lookout Records bands played 4 days of shows at Gilman Street, and a great time was had. Our show, with The Smugglers, Mr. T Experience, Brent's TV, Squirtgun, Kepi Ghoulie,…
The documentary film about Gilman Street in Berkeley has finally been released! It's over 2 and a half hours long, but moves fast and doesn't seem long. Pansy Division are in the film (briefly!) and…
The documentary Queercore: How To Punk a Revolution, which includes Pansy Division, will premiere this week! Here are the scheduled screenings, with more to come: June 12 - Sheffield,…
Around the time Pansy Division began, mainstream acceptance of gay people was a goal we were working for. We've come so far. We're no longer pariahs, at least in Western countries except in the eyes…
April 1, 2017 will be Joel Reader’s 40th birthday, and to celebrate three of his bands will play in San Francisco: The Avengers, Pansy Division, The Plus Ones, plus a special appearance by Dr.…
