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Mika goes cruising for gay sex
Queer singer/songwriter Mika is back, with a latest music video for new track ‘Sanremo’ which is a track from his new album My Name is Michael Holbrook. both of which were released thos week. Sanremo is a stunning tribute to the gay community of the 1950s when homosexuality was not illegal but was socially…
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ; and so does Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ☆☆☆☆ Union Theatre, London Directed by Sasha Regan Anita Loos’ 1925 novel (famously championed by James Joyce) was first turned into a stage musical in 1949, and must have seemed dated even then, much of the original novel’s caustic indictment of the Jazz Age already softened or lost on its postwar…
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Queerguru’s Stephen Coy falls in love with Edie Windsor all over again
Edie Windsor died in 2017 but was working with Joshua Lyon to write her memoir. Because of her unexpected demise, the book is a hybrid of memoir and biography. It is a compelling read and perhaps made even better because Lyon can illuminate many of Edie’s stories with background information and diligent research through…
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Queerguru’s Jonny Ward checks out A PARTNERSHIP to see if two London lads can last together
A Partnership ☆☆☆ Theatre 503, London A Partnership has an in depth look at whether two men in modern-day London can have a long-lasting monogamous relationship. In real time over the course of an hour, partners Ally (Ben Hadfield) and Zach (Rory Thomas-Howes) have returned to their new flat after a night out to…
