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Queerguru’s Lifestyle Editor Peter Minkoff talks about Aging Issues LGBTQ Seniors Face
As the LGBTQ community grows older, many seniors face unique challenges that differ significantly from those encountered by their heterosexual and cisgender peers. While aging itself brings a range of health, social, and economic concerns, LGBTQ seniors often experience these issues compounded by discrimination, invisibility, and a lack of culturally competent care. Understanding these challenges…
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Connie Francis who sang the ‘gay anthem’. ‘Where The Boys Are’ has died aged 87
Connie Francis, the most popular female singer of the late 1950s and early ’60s, with such hits as “Who’s Sorry Now,” “Stupid Cupid” and “Where the Boys Are,” and who became an unlikely TikTok sensation at 87 for a song she recorded six decades earlier, has died at 87. She was one of the earliest…
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Queer love at the South Pole on Captain Scott’s legendary Antarttic Expedition in the early 1990s
Captain Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions in the early years of the 20th Century His story about how he reached the South Pole and how his team died on the way back to the ship is well documented, and at the time he became a celebrated…
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How to get your hands on a pair of TOM DALEY ‘s speedos
Olympic Diving Champion TOM DALEY is also getting quite the reputation for his favorite hobby: knitting.. Now he’s retiring from competitive diving, he’s put his passion to good use in a range of swimwear he has designed for Adidas..The four-piece collection, which includes an adjustable thin strapped swimsuit, two-piece bikini, swimming trunks and 5-inch swimming…
