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Richard Chamberlain one of our very first TV/Film hearthrobs dies aged 90
If you were an adolescent boy …. or girl….. back in the early 1960s then there is a very good chance your first heartthrob was Richard Chamberlain i.e. DR KILDARE of the hit TV series. He was devastatingly handsome and we totally obsessed with him for the 5 years run of the show. Sexuality was…
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Meet STEVIE BANKSTER a queer singer/songwriter from Australia who we should all know about
We have just ended our coverage of the Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival , which was celebrating its 32nd year, and is now Australia’s largest film festival of any kind (and one of the top five queer film festivals in the world). It is highly regarded by filmmakers worldwide and is the most…
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TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST (fabulous) ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION with over 70 contemporary artworks and experiences to help fight HIV
The TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST was the first charity in the UK to be set up in response to the HIV epidemic back in the 1980s and has been at the forefront of the fight against HIV and AIDS ever since and is still the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, and one of the…
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Can History Repeat Itself? We Boycotted bigoted COORS once and WON! However the fight for DEI is much bigger.
Can history repeat itself? In the 1970s, an unshakeable alliance of gay activists and labor unions took on Molson Coors in what became known as the Coors Beer Boycott, and we WON! It was a counter-offensive of the people against Reagan’s anti-labor offensive — one of the most widespread and militant labor struggles in decades.…
