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The future is still so frightening and often deadly for Russian and Chechnyan LGBTQ

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  Today President Putin re-affirmed that Russia would never allow same-sex marriages : this coming a few days after another gay couple were brutally beaten by Authorities under the so called Propaganda Law.  The Law was passed  “for the Purpose of Protecting Children from Information Advocating for a Denial of Traditional Family Values”  but the … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews Two Fest 2020 a series of two-handed plays

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  Two Fest 2020 (programme B) ☆☆☆ The Space, London It’s a novel idea: take a selection of the best in up and coming playwrights; set the brief that it should be short two-handed plays only; then create a festival of spikey, fun and thoughtful new writing across three densely packed programmes; Voila! Two Fest! … Continue reading



James Sweeney Straight Up : the story of a confused (cute) gay man

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One of the hottest movies to do the LGBTQ Film Festival circuit last year and that received unanimous rave reviews was STRAIGHT UP.  It was the feature film directing debut of JAMES SWEENEY  a young queer filmmaker from LA who also wrote and produced and took the starring role. His story of Todd a man … Continue reading




Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp reviews Mike Parker’s “On the Red Hill: Where Four Lives Fell Into Place”

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On the Red Hill: Where Four Lives Fell Into Place By Mike Parker  As a sub-genre, or micro-genre, what we might call ‘queer rural’ is rather on the small side, because writers, more often than not, tend to locate their queer narratives – as queers mostly live their lives – in cities. For many LGBTQ … Continue reading



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