queermatter
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Son of a Preacher Man
Openly gay singer/songwriter Tom Goss draws on his own experience as a one time student at Catholic Seminary for his powerful and beautiful new take on Dusty Springfield’s classic from 1968 ‘The Son of Preacher Man’. In the video Goss tells the story of two gay teens coming to terms with both their sexuality and…
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Disengaged
When SCOTUS made their landmark ruling that finally made same-sex marriage legal in the U.S. the whole tenor of the reasoning behind the struggle did a seismic shift in many gay households from ‘can we marry?’ to ‘do we have to marry?’ Many people reasoned that now we had won the battle, then the very least…
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Pee Wee Herman is Finally Back
It takes some people much longer than others to make a comeback after they had a very public fall from grace, but now after a couple of false starts Pee Wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens) is finally back on our screens where he belongs. March 16th sees the World Premiere of ‘Pee-Wees Big Holiday’ movie at SXSW Film…
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fiveFilms4freedom
If you cannot get to the BFI Flare Film Festival on London’s Southbank (shame on you!) then the nice people that organize the event are actually giving you a chance to watch five short movies at home free of charge. The BFI have got together with The British Council to launch fiveFilms4freedom, an online mini…
