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Treatment By Adrian Bridget
It’s difficult to write about this text, mainly because it defies categorisation and scrambles the logic of what we understand by the noun, “novel”. Whilst the front cover proclaims it is a novel, the inside blurb calls it ‘a mash-up of love story, pornography, art criticism, literary appropriation, and essayistic meditation, operating on the peripheries…
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Will San Francisco allow Gay Bathhouses to Re-Open?
After being closed 40 years ago in the height of the AIDS pandemic, there is now a suggestion that it is time to allow gay bathhouses to reopen in San Francisco City Supervisor Rafael Mandelman who represents District 8 – including the Castro has made a proposal that would update existing bans on adult…
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Queerguru is hanging out with Queers on The Pier
Queer the Pier is an exciting new exhibition at Brighton & Hove Museum and Art Gallery. Using genuine artefacts from the pier itself, such as the ghoul mask from the ghost train and a horse from a merry-go-round, this interactive exhibition captures all the fun of the pier to tell the amazing story of…
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The late gay Brit footballer JUSTIN FASHANU is finally honored (by the FA who failed to support him when he was alive)
In the UK in the 1980’s the Fashanu Brothers were the golden boys of British soccer and JUSTIN FASHANU would go on to be the first black player to command a £1 million transfer fee. However it was his younger brother JOHN that became the media darling, whilst Justin’s life was the subject of much nasty tabloid coverage…
