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    Give or Take: a tale of love, loss and compassion

      Most LGBTQ peeps have one time or another have been touched by the scenario when a gay relationship ends suddenly with the death of one of the partners.  Instead of being allowed to grief properly the survivor is immediately set upon by relatives of the deceased, most of whom have never been seen for … Continue reading

    Glitterboys and Ganglands

      This documentary was shot in 2010 but because the setting is the rather deprived Cape Flats area of Cape Town in South Africa, it has a very distinctly old fashioned feel to it.  The area is populated by ‘Coloureds‘ a multi-racial ethnic group, and time has definitely stood still for the local populace, especially … Continue reading

    God Forbid: “The Sex Scandal that Brought Down a Dynasty”

        Americans are heading to the Polls today for the  Midterm Elections and extreme Republicans are already disputing the results without even casting a single vote.  It seems therefore an appropriate occasion to sit down and watch “God Forbid’ a new documentary about how a sex scandal that sharply demonstrates how low US politics … Continue reading

    GOOD ENOUGH : A Modern Musical a gay sports coming -of age film now streaming on Amazon Prime

      If you head over to Amazon Prime you can now rent or buy the debut film from queer musician Mike Spears.  His award-winning movie GOOD ENOUGH : A MODERN MUSICAL  adapted from his stage play of the same name follows the  intermingling lives of college seniors Jamal (Jay Towns) and Trevor (Trey Mendlik), who … Continue reading

    Goodbye Mother : a charming queer romance from Vietnam

      Goodbye Mother is one of those cases of don’t judge a Book (or in this case movie) but its cover.  Having wrongly assumed that this was a straightforward story of a closeted gay man taking a boyfriend home to Vietnam for the first time, and being forced to choose between his conservative family, or … Continue reading

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