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Cricket the quintessential sport of English Gentlemen goes gay

Now the summer is here, there is nothing more quintessentially English than the game of cricket. Dating back to the mid-16th century the Brits took it with them when they created their Empire taking over so much of the world. They may have long retreated back to their own island but the sport is … Continue reading

Crip Camp : A Disability Revolution

CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION is something of a muddled film, but nevertheless a inspiring powerful telling of the journey for rights for the disabled community that will shock many of us who were unaware of it. The story starts in the 1970’s at Camp Jenard in the Catskills run by hippies where kids with … Continue reading

CRIPPLE The First Broken Book : A 21st Century Parable by Nick Maynard

Nick Maynard is a queer actor/director/writer from Manchester in the UK who has just had his first book published with New Generation Publishing as part of the Pen to Print initiative, supported by Arts Council England. The story is set in his hometown in 2003, and has a queer disability storyline. The book is … Continue reading

Criterion Channel’s POP SHAKESPEARE SERIES: the best reason to stay home tonight

Planning to stay home tonight and there is nothing tempting to watch on TV then Queerguru so recommends Criterion Channel’s online fab Pop Shakespeare collection. After all, every era gets its own Shakespeare, from the genius championed by the Romantics to the Bard who inspired Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier—and the age of … Continue reading

Croc-A-Dyke Dundee

The overwhelming feeling you take away from Fiona Cunningham-Reid’s profile on Dawn O’Donnell the Australian lesbian businesswoman who was partly responsible for making Sydney such a gay destination, was the fact that she was a thoroughly unpleasant person. This very fierce silver-haired butch dyke initially made quite a lot of money through real estate investments … Continue reading