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A Matter of Pride : Gay Wrestlers in fighting spirit (and drag)
Rick Cataldo aka The Boy Diva is the driving force behind the All Gay Wrestling Championship : A Matter of Pride. For so long gay wrestlers have struggled to find matches and when the do they find themselves subject to all the worse kinds of homophobia and discrimination in this ultra macho world.…
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A first look at the highly anticipated RUDOLF NUREYEV Biopic
Here’s the first trailer of the highly anticipated biopic on the late great Rudolf Nureyev called The White Crow. Directed by Ralph Fiennes from a script by David Hare, it stars emerging dancer Oleg Ivenko as Nureyev, and ballet’s bad boy Sergei Polunin who was recently sacked by the Paris Opera for his homophobic remarks.…
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I’m 24, single and gagging for it. No, No , I’m joking . I’m 25
The title above is a classic line from Pauline Calf the alter-ego of the Brit Oscar Nominated actor/writer Steve Coogan who can currently be seen in US Cinemas starring in the delightful Stan & Ollie. Back across the Pond where he is also a major TV star, the talented Coogan is a man of many…
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Oscar Noms for LGBT characters all played by straight actors
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards® yesterday and seven LGBT characters all by straight actors were included. Nothing new in this as nearly 60 straight people have received Oscar nominations for LGBTQ roles to date, but meanwhile an out gay actor has never ever won. Time…
