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E.M Forster’s gay classic MAURICE adapted for the London stage
E.M. Forster’s classic gay novel MAURICE is a tale of homosexual love in early 20th-century England. Forster based the story on that of his close friend the poet Edward Carpenter and his partner, George Merrill who were the inspiration for that of Maurice and Alec Scudder. Forster, a closeted gay man showed the novel to a select few of…
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Getting to the Bottom of Berlin’s Folsom Fair
Since San Francisco’s famous Folsom Street Fair was re-created in Berlin in 2014 as Folsom Europe is has become Europe’s largest gay fetish event. Tens of thousands of guys in leather & fetish gear ‘walk’ the streets in the Berlin-Schöneberg district for a long weekend of fun. freedom and plenty of sleaze. Attracting some 20,000…
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Naked Boys Reading are HUSTLING for their 6th Birthday
Naked Boys Reading is just about to celebrate its 6th Birthday. That’s 218 readers in London alone, over 50 events, and a community that’s grown to 4 countries. That is a lot of reading and a lot of naked flesh.. The theme for the Anniversary event is Hustling …..of course. Hosted by NBR Founder Dr…
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William Haines : Hollywood’s forgotten queer Hero
William (Billy) Haines was a Hollywood queer legend. The only openly gay movie star who defied the major Studio’s blatant homophobia, and yet from 1930-1933 was their most successful male star. In fact this record as the Number One Box Office Star who was/is openly gay sadly remains unchallenged some 85 years later. Haines…
