Canberra Teen’s Viral TikTok About Being the Token Gay Becomes His Biggest Hit

05/10/2025 By ACOMSDave Leave a Comment

Jett Blyton’s song about being the token gay goes viral

By ACOMSDave / October 5, 2025

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Canberra’s Jett Blyton didn’t plan to release Apeshit—until 2.5 million people decided otherwise.

“If you said a month ago I’d be releasing a song called Apeshit this year, I wouldn’t have believed you. It didn’t exist yet,” Blyton said.

At the end of July, the Australian alt-pop artist performed the track once on TikTok.

The song exploded.

Over 2.5 million views on TikTok and 300,000+ on Instagram, inspiring 100+ user-generated videos.

With that viral spotlight, Jett had no choice but to officially release it.

‘The only gay dude in a room full of straight guys’

“I wrote this song about being the only gay dude in a room full of straight guys and how tokenistic it can feel,” Blyton explained.

“The fact it resonated with over 2.5 million people now is so insane.”

The Canberra teen has been making waves—featured in Triple J Unearthed High Yearbook for 2023 and 2024, and nominated for Music ACT Music Awards (MAMAs).

His wonky, zany sound is attention-grabbing.

So good for him for capitalising on this moment.

“I took the song to my friend Thomas Porter and said, ‘let’s get this out ASAP,'” Blyton said.

“With some final touches from Aleksiah and Harry O’Brien (from Pacific Avenue), this is my favourite song I’ve ever put out.”

‘Everybody here used to bully me’

Apeshit opens with a girl calling Jett: “I know you said you didn’t wanna come out tonight, but my boyfriend’s thing is on, and I literally don’t know, like, anyone else going.”

Jett sings: “I don’t wanna drink, but there isn’t a choice, they’re dapping me up like I’m one of the boys. And everybody here used to bully me in 8th grade.”

The track captures that universal feeling of being alone in a crowd—drinking through discomfort and struggling with feelings nobody else in the room understands.

The official version brings Jett’s unapologetic honesty to the forefront with electronic alt-pop energy.

Following his recent single Needingabreak, his most supported track on Australian radio, Jett’s earned shoutouts from Sabrina Carpenter and Tove Lo.

His Double Vision (Vol. 2) EP drops in November.

You can listen to Apeshit now.

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What of the LGBTQ community on British society since the 1800s?

10/07/2025 By ACOMSDave Leave a Comment

The LGBTQ community and individuals have significantly shaped British society since the 1800s, influencing social attitudes, legal reforms, culture, and rights movements.

In the 19th century, LGBTQ identities were largely marginalised and criminalised, with laws like the Labouchere Amendment of 1885 criminalising male homosexual acts. Despite heavy repression, underground communities and discreet networks persisted, laying the groundwork for future activism.

The early 20th century witnessed the emergence of pioneering figures who challenged societal norms and fought for recognition. The 1950s and 1960s marked a turning point with the formation of advocacy groups, such as the Homosexual Law Reform Society, which campaigned for decriminalisation.

In 1967, the Sexual Offences Act decriminalised private male homosexual acts in England and Wales, a landmark victory that catalysed further legal and social change. The subsequent decades witnessed the gradual removal of discriminatory laws, the rise of LGBTQ visibility in media and culture, and the fight for equal rights, culminating in the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2014.

Culturally, LGBTQ individuals have enriched British arts, literature, and entertainment, challenging stereotypes and promoting diversity. Prominent figures, such as Alan Turing, a pioneering computer scientist and World War II codebreaker, and later activists, have become symbols of resilience and progress.

Overall, the LGBTQ community’s perseverance and activism have played a crucial role in transforming British society into a more inclusive and accepting nation, fostering ongoing debates about rights, identity, and equality.

Summary Table

Area	Impact
Law & Policy	Decriminalisation, anti-discrimination laws, marriage equality, repeal of Section 28
Culture & Arts	Influential writers, artists, musicians, and designers, increased representation
Social Attitudes	Greater acceptance, visibility, and understanding of LGBTQ identities
Activism	Grassroots movements, Pride events, and intersectional advocacy
Community Building	Creation of support networks and safe spaces

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NIGRA COMMUNICATIONS FORUM

22/03/2025 By ACOMSDave

NIGRA Communications forum NIGRA has moved forward and now hosts a communications forum for all gay groups in Northern Ireland to exchange information and ideas.

Meetings are held every two months, and if you would like to attend then drop us an email or give us a phone call.

LGBTQ Online Book Club: Brendan Behan’s Borstal Boy

10/11/2024 By ACOMSDave

About Borstal Boy

From Wikipedia:

Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy is a 1958 autobiographical book by Brendan Behan. The story depicts a young, fervently idealistic Behan, who loses his naïveté over the three years of his sentence to a juvenile borstal, softening his radical Irish republican stance and warming to his British fellow prisoners.^[1] From a technical standpoint, the novel is chiefly notable for the art with which it captures the lively dialogue of the Borstal inmates, with a variety of the many subtly distinctive accents of Britain and Ireland intact on the page. Ultimately, Behan demonstrated by his skillful dialogue that working class Irish Catholics and English Protestants actually had more in common with one another through class than they had supposed, and that alleged barriers of religion and ethnicity were merely superficial and imposed by a fearful middle class.

The book is available from all good and bad booksellers, on Kindle and audiobook. There are also lots of very affordable pre-owned copies on eBay.

We’d love for you to join us for our very first book club evening!

The book club will take place online and tickets for the event are free.

As always, we strive to ensure that our events are a safe space for our LGBTQ community and friends. To do this, we ask that you register for the event beforehand. You can read our privacy policy here.

You can book your place at the event here or in the Eventbrite widget below.

The link will go live at 1855 on November 19th and our moderator will allow you enter the Zoom meeting. You will receive the link to join the event in your confirmation email. Please keep this safe. Will will also send you a reminder just before the event.

If you have any comments or questions, please email londonirishlgbtnetwork@gmail.com

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Conchies by Ann Kramer – Book Review

Jett Blyton’s song about being the token gay goes viral

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About Borstal Boy

The LGBTQ community and individuals have fundamentally shaped modern British society, advancing legal rights, enriching culture, and driving social change from the 1800s to the present1 4 6.