Parts of the Los Angeles hippie culture crossed into England, and combined with the new rebellious nature of the late-teen/early-adult people. These people, often children of war families grew up with a gap where the prior generation should be and grew wild because of this.

With this 'wildness' came an acceptance of humanity and of the self being more important then the many. State institutions began to break down and a corresponding androgynous sub-culture emerged. These people worked for what they needed, and relaxed to the new music and free way of life. Gender distinctions blurred as life became more important than living - both genders adopted similar dress codes, hair styles and makeup. Although with more of a tradition of 'staidness' behind hem, the English never went to the extremes of some places in America. In addition, there was not as much to protest against in England at this time: they had largely withdrawn from the World Stage, were not as consumer driven and had never really been as institutionalized as America during the immediately prior time. Yet this androgyny existed and Freddie embraced this wholeheartedly.

The nature of the androgynous being is similar in several ways to that of the arab whom he had grown up with. Long hair, soft flowing clothes and a like of luxuries were not as foreign to Freddie as they would be to a full-blooded Englishman whose attire of comfort was often a shirt, tie and jacket. Nor was his choice culturally in abeyance as the culture did exist in England at this time. In effect, Freddie adopted the part of England that was closest to Zanzibar and to his love of freedom and artistic expression.

Freddie's choice of balladic and romantic music reveals his overall gentle and artistic nature: a nature that has never been fully idealised, or idolised in Western countries. Perhaps because of the harsher, colder climates, the artist has always been held in a more effeminate role in European culture then that of the East. Although a capable athlete, Freddie's artistic leanings moved him to a softer strata of society and he was able to give free expression to this part of his nature.

As an androgynous male, living in an artistic community