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  • Before I (or You) Do

    Before I (or You) Do

    Most of us in the LGBT community who fought so hard and so long for same-sex marriage never realized that once S.C.O.T.U.S. finally gave us the right to wed partners, what a legal minefield marriage could be once we took our rose-colored glasses off just for a brief moment. The prospect of finally being able to legalize our…

  • Legendary LGBT activist Edie Windsor gets remarried

    Legendary LGBT activist Edie Windsor gets remarried

    In what is probably the best news that queerguru has heard for a very long time, is the announcement that the gay activist (and throughly wonderful woman) Edie Windsor has re-married.  It seems somehow apt that Edie who is universally recognized as a pioneer of same-sex marriage after her late partner Thea Spyer had passed should, at…

  • Fifth Time lucky for Annette Bening?

    Fifth Time lucky for Annette Bening?

    She’s won 2 Golden Globe Awards plus a SAG Best Actress Award and a BAFTA, but despite being nominated 4 times for an Academy Award, an Oscar has proved elusive for the exceptional talented actress Annette Bening. However, now there is a buzz that her latest performance in 20th Century Women that will premiere as the centerpiece gala…

  • Vintage (unedited)  Lily Savage

    Vintage (unedited) Lily Savage

    Lily Savage is one of the rare breed of Drag Queens who enjoyed mainstream commercial success without every having to water down her extremely potty-mouth and totally political-incorrect act.  He started out in 1978, but it was his 8 year stint performing at London’s gay mecca The Royal Vauxhall Tavern that brought him fame and…