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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews The Switchboard Project, an excellent, fast-paced comedy drama about London’s Lesbian and Gay Switchboard, set in 1985
The Switchboard Project **** Hope Theatre , London It’s 1985 in London, the peak of the AIDS crisis, and the staff at the Lesbian and Gay Switchboard telephone advice line are busy fielding non-stop phone calls asking for help. They dish out advice on a huge range of subjects, including AIDS, safe sex, coming…
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Jane Hilton : ‘Cowboys and Queen’ a stunning solo show that captures the American West today
Jane Hilton has a long way to commute to work. This truly remarkable photographer and filmmaker lives in London, but for the past 25 years she has been documenting American culture, in particular the American West. Her stunning work has included her depicting the lifestyle of the twenty-first century cowboy; and featuring intimate nude portraits…
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Elska Magazine says When In Rome Do As The (Queer) Romans Do
Most people who visit Rome do so to visit the Vatican and maybe catch a glimpse of His Holiness on his balcony blessing the vast Sunday crowds in St Peter’s Square below. When we were there, we were so aware that we were surrounded by hordes of excited Italians and very devout Catholics with such…
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Stranded on Honeymoon Island. the very latest Reality TV Dating Show (!) actually have a lesbian couple participating
When it comes to the multitude of Reality TV Dating Shows that now overwhelm our TV schedules, it is very obvious that they are strictly for straights: think Love is Blind, Dating Naked, Love Island, Perfect Match, Love at First Sight etc etc need I go on? Then two years ago, gay icon Kylie…
