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Margarita Pracatan : legendary Cuban singer and gay icon dies aged 89
To her devoted queer fans, the singer Margarita Pracatan was the best thing that Cuba ever exported. She found fame relatively late in life when Clive James one of the biggest Talk Show Hosts in UK TV discovered Margarita performing on her Manhattan public-access television cable TV program in 1994 and invited her to the…
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Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront reviewed by Stephen Coy
The West Side piers on the Hudson River achieved a level of infamy in the 1970s and early 1980s as a gathering place for gay men in pursuit of public, yet anonymous, sex. Its reputation included the danger inherent in public exposure, libidinous activity and the dilapidated state of the structures. The area is now…
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Year Of The Rabbit : this Victorian detective parody series is such a blast
There literally seems to be a brand new Streaming Platform launched daily nowadays. The arrival of Topic was announced by its owners First Look Media last year with a lofty claim that it will be curated for a curious and engaged audience seeking smart, provocative and meaningful entertainment. Hmm we shall see, but in…
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Brendan Maclean :HOUSE OF AIR. {For Mature Eyes Only}
YouTube didn’t ban this ‘mature’ queer video until after it had clocked up over a million hits. It was, as you can imagine, the subject of intense online debate before making it onto numerous best of 2017 lists, including Vulture, Huffington Post, and Junkee. Australian queer singer/performer Brendan MacLean’s video HOUSE OF AIR directed by London…
