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Broadway Baby Seth Sikes : What More Do I Need?
It takes more than a Covid pandemic for most ‘Broadway Babies; to stop singing Sondheim out loud even when wearing masks. Here’s one of our favorites the irrepressible Seth Sikes with his take on “What More Do I Need”, as he cavorts around NY City……mostly keeping his distance. His message is very clear :…
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Michael Clark : Cosmic Dancer
No young queer about town in the late eighties or early nineties could fail to have noticed the cherubic presence (a very, very naughty cherub mind you) of Michael Clark on the cultural landscape. The outlandish costumes (crotchless, latex or sleek and hypermodern creations) alongside daring collaborations (Leigh Bowery/Derek Jarman/Sarah Lucas/Alexander McQueen/Vivienne Westwood/The Falll) were…
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The UK can boast of having 2 Big Bens : here’s Queerguru’s favorite
Ben Cohen MBE activist , and former star rugby player for the England National Team is one best allies for the LGBTQ comunnity that Queerguru has ever had the pleasure of meeting. He is not only naturally handsome, he is also disarmingly charming. In November 2000, Cohen’s father Peter Cohen was fatally injured while protecting…
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Happy 50th Birthday GAY LIBERATION FRONT : UK
Fifty years ago, on 13 October 1970, the Gay Liberation Front was founded at the London School of Economics. Two of its founders had being noticing the success of the US organisation and that inspired them to open a UK equivalent. During their very short existence (it dissolved in 1973) this ‘grandfather’ of British…
