Beth Ditto graces the cover of the new issue of Attitude magazine and inside, the singer has a few bones to pick with Katy perry.

Ditto calls I Kissed A Girl a "boner dyke" anthem for "straight girls who like to turn guys on by making out or like faking gay".

Beth righteously adds, "I hate Katy Perry! She's offensive to gay culture, I'm so offended. She's just riding on the backs of our culture, without having to pay any of the dues and not being actually lesbian or anything at all. She's on the cover of a fucking gay magazine."

And Ditto doesn't stop there! She goes on to say that she would like to incite a "band feud" with the singer.

Well, Ditto, we think you've definitely got the ball rolling on that!

Now it's time for Katy's response!

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Check out a LOLtastic video from The Gossip (above)!

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Beth Ditto knows how to have a good time!

The Gossip lead singer is in London, promoting the band's new single, and on Wednesday night she attended Mark Ronson's DJ set for Trekstock charity at Proud Galleries.

And the fun didn't stop there for Ditto, as she was spotted with friends heading to Bungalow 8 nightclub later in the evening.

By the look of things, Ditto got smashed and trashed while out in Londontown! Her "smart" friends decided to [attempt to] hide the fact that it was Beth from the paparazzi, first by covering the singer up with a jacket and then with a blanket.

Uhmm, next time, use a bigger blanket.

[Images via Will Alexander/WENN.]

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The Gossip's leading lady, Beth Ditto, really went all out!

The band was performing on Day 2 of Radio 1's Big Weekend, which was held at Lydiard Country Park in Swindon, England.

Radio 1's event is the largest free festival over a two-day span with live music across four stages. We're sad we couldn't have be there.

But Beth Ditto represented us queers well!

And apparently Beth got a little too hot on stage, cuz the big lady stripped down, which she's prone to do.

First she removed her top black coat and then lifted up her dress.

What do U think of Ditto's ballsy ball-less move?

[Image via Getty Images.]

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Finally!!!!!!!!

After a painfully long absence - over two years! - The Gossip is back and ready to conquer the world with their upcoming album.

Lead singer Beth Ditto may be a media darling, but she's all about the music - first and foremost. Her voice is raw and powerful on the band's new single, Heavy Cross.

The song is quintessential The Gossip. It's got a killer bass riff, simple instrumentation, garage-sounding but with a danceable beat.

It kills!!!!!!!!

The Gossip are back - and they do not disappoint!!!

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Beth Ditto has managed to become a beauty and a fashion icon while refusing to accept the conventions.

Her sincere rebellion has caught the attention of the world and the likes of designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and, now, Alexander McQueen - for whom the above photos were created.

Speaking with Black Book, Beth offers some refreshing insights.

Do people tell you all the time that you’ve really opened their minds to broader definitions of beauty?

Girls in general have really nice things to say—especially big girls. It’s mostly men who aren’t as open. I think men fear me sometimes. I played in Greece last summer and, I swear, when I went into the crowd, people actually ran away from me. But things like that make me really happy. You make a decision: if you are going to participate in the music industry and put yourself out there, you have to know that it’s all full of shit.

There is a lot of power in the shock of being unashamed. A friend told me that flaunting a big girl body in a punk-rock way is kind of a libertine thrill, like a drug.

It’s kind of like a drug… it’s a performance. It’s funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day—your body—can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It’s like carrying an art piece around with you all the time.

Are you rubbing people’s noses in their own prejudices?

I don’t really care about other people’s prejudices. I don’t take things super personally, unless it’s someone I really respect. It’s really about making an art piece out of what you’ve been handed. It is about being resourceful. When all you have is an ugly sweater-vest, cut it up and make a really cool skirt out of it! When all you have are these really hateful people, cut them up and make something funny out of them.

You’ve called gay men out in the fashion world for turning women into size 0 paper dolls.

It’s not the fault of gay men. That’s a symptom of the problem… As kids, we’re not allowed to express ourselves, because we’re put in these binary boxes of what our gender is supposed to be.

Cardboard is so boring anyway!

Get, it Beth!

[Images via Black Book.]

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Gay and proud singer Beth Ditto gives divaness on the cover of the new issue of Out magazine.

It is her first cover on a major US publication. But the musician isn’t expecting the story and accompanying shoot to rattle the denizens of her Bible Belt home town. “I’m almost positive they don’t even carry gay magazines there,” she tells the mag. “This Christian college still runs everything, and when I lived [in Judsonia, Ark.] you used to have to ask for gay magazines.”

In her Out interview, Ditto described her experience coming out in Judsonia as one of seven siblings. “My mom was this incredible island surrounded by redneck conservative America. She taught me what it must be like to be a flaming homo and bullied walking down the hallway at school. My other brothers and sisters were brought up like that too, and they treated me normally.”

The singer, who is in a relationship with a transgendered partner, traced her punk rock sensibility to her high school experience. “I was really obsessed with how there were way more poor kids than rich kids, but somehow it was always the pretty girls who got voted into student faculty and the rich kids who were popular. That made no sense to me because we, the poor kids, were the majority.”

And, good news! We are finally getting a new album from The Gossip some time this year.

Yay!!!!!!!!

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The Gossip singer Beth Ditto and her bold fashion choices have helped her find a way into the fashion world!

Never shying from flaunting her figure, Beth donned a Herve Leger bandage dress for Fashion Week in Paris at Stella McCartney Ready-to-Wear A/W 2009 on Monday.

We think that the form-fitting frock looks awesome!

Rock those curves, momma!

[Photo via Getty Images.]

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Our girl Beth Ditto puckered for the camera while hanging out in the front row of Uncle Karl's show Sunday night at Paris Fashion Week.

Why the sour face, Beth?

You look pretty fly!

We especially love the shoes!!

[Image via WENN.]

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