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I Didn’t See You There : a film by Reid Davenport
Opening in a few select metropolitan movie theaters is first-time director Reid Davenport’s stunning thought-provoking Sundance Award-Winning Documentary Feature As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport set out to make a film about how he sees the world, from either his wheelchair or his two feet, without having to be seen himself.…
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How Ptown Got So Gay, Gay, Gay
THIS ARTICLE IS REPRINTED FROM Ptown, as so many know it, was once a shabby old seaport that had fallen on hard times. Yankees lived on one side of town, Portuguese on the other. When the railroad came, it put the Portuguese on the wrong side of the tracks. The railroad, though, brought tourists to…
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Lesbian Bar Project launches new docuseries which Lea Delaria promises is not a sob story
Unless you’ve been living under a stone for the past few years, you will know that the demise of Lesbian Bars, particularly in the US, has been alarming. However, what most of us may not know is exactly how they are on the actual brink of being extinct species. If you thought 200 was…
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Spoiler Alert : The Hero Dies
We were immediately intrigued by the title of this movie as it is something we reviewers try to avoid completely. Then after reading how out-gay actor 4 time Emmy Award winner Jim Parsons had personally optioned the rights to this memoir by his friend the entertainment journalist (and TVLine co-founder) Michael Ausiello, we had…
