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Its ‘Goodbye’ to ANDREW CHRISTIAN who made us all feel so much more sexy for the past 20 years
In the 20+ years since Latin designer Andrew Christian started his eponymous underwear, which made a lot of gay men (out on dates) very happy, and the designer impressively wealthy. Now at the ripe old age of 39, Christain has announced he is shutting down the brand, and also selling off his two very impressive…
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Portraits, protest, pride: photography and queerness – Sunil Gupta in conversation with Ghislain Pascal
London’s National Portrait Gallery is hosting a discussion of queerness in photography. And as we have come to expect from what is arguably the first national public gallery in the world that’s dedicated to portraits, it is doing is some style. Taking part will be Sunil Gupta, the judge of this year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic…
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Scotland’s Pitlochry Theatre will debut OUT IN THE HILLS. a three-day celebration of LGBTQ+ theatre, music, and dance.
Barely some 40 miles south of Balmoral Castle in Scotland is the town of Pitlochry. Thanks to the nearness of Queen Victoria’s favorite residence, the town soon became a tourist attraction. At the center of this is the Pitlochry Festival Theatre is a large performing arts theatre that was conceived in the late 1940s by John Stewart,…
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Thank You PRUNELLA SCALES for giving us one of our best all time gay icons Sybil Fawlty (and so much more)
The world is a sadder place today with the passing of one of Britain’s most beloved actresses and our very favorite gay icon. Prunella Scales started her career back in 1951 and was very quickly cast in very notable movies such as Pride and Prejudice (1952), Laxdale Hall (1953), Hobson’s Choice (1954) and in the Academy Award-winning Room at the…
