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Jurgen Wittdorf : homoerotic art of the communist era in East Germany
The German Democratic Republic (communist East Germany) may have beaten West Germany in decriminalizing sexual acts between men by one year in 1968 but they were just as homophobic as the West. Even though they called themselves a socialist “workers’ and peasants’ state”. When the GDR was formed after WW2 it inherited Paragraph…
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Ben Cohen wants to spend next year in your house
Ben Cohen, the former English rugby player is probably the nicest LGBTQ ally we ever have had the pleasure to meet. It doesn’t actually hurt that also is the hottest-looking one too. When he retired from the English Team he became a full-time activist and founded The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation to combat homophobia…
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Help FIREBIRD get the original novel of last year’s best queer love story published in English
Last year the hottest queer love story was undoubtedly the award-winning Firebird. It is an enormously satisfying and complete film that tells a full tale of life, love, and loss from its beginning right up to the end. This first narrative feature by Estonian filmmaker Peeter Rebane told the story of two Soviet military…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews ‘Only An Octave Apart’ literally the hottest ticket in London right now
ONLY A OCTAVE APART☆☆☆☆☆ Wiltons Music Hall, London You know when you are at the hottest ticket in town when you cast your eyes around and realise that sat in front of you is supermodel Kate Moss, so entranced by the show, that instead of nipping out every 5 minutes to blaze through her customary…
