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TOM DALEY from Champion Diver to Knitting Diva
Move over, Mary Berry, and your Great British Baking TV Show. Instead of eating our way through the winter months, we are going to knit. Yes, you heard that right, it’s time for a new hobby with a new face. In fact we must confess it’s the latter as the (‘not too unattractive’) face belongs…
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‘Queerguru reviews ‘AMMA’S PRIDE the story of the unwavering support of an Indian woman for her trans daughter
The derogatory term ‘third world country‘ is thankfully no longer in use, and has been replaced by modern classifications like “developing” or “lower middle-income” country, which India is. Its economic growth has led to it being classified as a major developing economy with a large overall GDP, though it still faces challenges like lower per…
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Queerguru revists OLIVIA a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry that has been called a “landmark of lesbian representation’
TURN BACK TIME : Queerguru revisits OLIVIA (also known as The Pit of Loneliness) a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry, and based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Dorothy Bussy. It has been called a “landmark of lesbian representation. Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal,…
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The Secret of Me : a compelling doc of a raging medical expose of how an Intersex person was mistreated
Last week was Intersex Awareness Day, which marked the anniversary of the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America in 1996, and was created to raise awareness of human rights issues facing intersex people and promote understanding, respect, and inclusion for intersex people. To celebrate the occasion in Australia the City of Sydney…
