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Friends of Dorothy are creating SILVER PRIDE
On the 50th anniversary of the first ever Pride march in the USA, FRIENDS OF DOROTHY, an LGBTQ Support Group in the UK are launching Silver Pride to celebrate the older people in the our community. They think it important that we remember the sacrifices the older LGBT+ community made for us.…
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JImmy Somerville + Rick Astley together to Help Musicians
Scottish queer singer/songwriter JIMMY SOMERVILLE (Bronski Beat & Communards) and Brit singer/songwriter RICK ASTLEY (Never Going To GIve You Up) front The Big Band Collective with a rousing edition of Bill Wither’s I Wish You Well. This joyous upbeat song was performed and filmed virtually was made to help musicians who have been facing…
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Happy 43rd Birthday to the groundbreaking ‘The Joy Of Gay Sex ‘
It may seem very odd to some of us that 43 years ago Dr Charles Silverstein felt the need to compile. The Joy Of Gay Sex. But back in the 1970’s sex education was both sparse and very straight. After all in the UK, homosexuality wasn’t legalised until 1969 , so no one had …
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Bette Midler may be the best Mae West ever
Some very talented queer HBO executive must have seen Bette Midler channel Mae West on the red carpet at her “Haunted Hollywood: The Golden Age”-themed Hulaween charity gala when a red light went off in his head . The Divine Miss M is like a modern re-incarnation of the 1930s movie star who was…
