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  • Becoming Dr Ruth: an affectionate portrait on the world’s most unlikely sex therapist

    Becoming Dr Ruth: an affectionate portrait on the world’s most unlikely sex therapist

    One of the many surprises in Mark St. Germain‘s biographical play about  the U.S.’s most celebrated sex therapists Dr Ruth, is there not that much talk about sex at all.  What his play does reveal however is the rather dark and shocking journey that this diminutive German Jewish woman took on the way to her…

  • Peter Holoda makes Pole performing look so easy

    Peter Holoda makes Pole performing look so easy

    When we were looking for ways to get rid of the things we did not give Thanks for this week i.e. the extra lbs. we put on, we came across the stunning Peter Holoda.  This Hungarian is a champion pole performer  whose videos of him practising his art always go viral.  Take a look at the…

  • The Tale of Two (Gay) Cities

    The Tale of Two (Gay) Cities

      There is literally physically barely 30 miles between Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale but the two LGBT communities couldn’t possibly more different if they tried.  This weekend is a prime example of their differences for whilst Miami hosts The White Party, the World’s largest and oldest HIV Fundraiser, at very the same time Fort…

  • Love Cecil : the life of a Queer Icon

    Love Cecil : the life of a Queer Icon

    A new documentary on Queer Icon Sir Cecil Beaton a quintessential multi-talented English eccentric known for his stunning photography and his 2 Oscars for Costume Design (My Fair Lady  & Gigi) is now doing the Film Festival rounds.  Beaton’s personal relationships included a string of men and women, the most notable of which was with…