Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterYoung Brit actor Harris Dickinson who stole the hearts of both the critics and audiences alike for his breakthrough performance in the coming-of-age drama Beach Rats is the star of a new movie that has been chosen the to be the Closing Night Gala of this year’s BFI Flare: London’s LGBTQ Film Festival. Postcards From London tells … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn 1995 the UK National broadcast the august BBC launched the country’s very first all gay TV show. Gaytime TV was a late night comedy and lifestyle magazine that naturally was completely groundbreaking at the time, and although they managed to secure excellent guests like Harvey Fierstein and Martina Navratilova for the very first … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWay before there were any gay men in the UK (well, officially that is) in public at least it was only women that ogled after men’s near-naked bodies. Each year there was a competition to find Mr. Apollo from a bevy of masculine beauties dressed in skimpy Speedo swim trunks. The year was 1959 and the Judges were … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThere are not many cities in the world that can date their LGBTQ community’s history back to the 19th Century but Brighton a sunny resort town on the UK’s south coast is one that can. Many men were initially drawn to Brighton by the enormous numbers of soldiers garrisoned in the town during the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe BROADWAY BARES show this year has the provocative title of GAME NIGHT. Broadway’s sexiest striptease returns as a friendly game night where the only type of poker to play is strip, where the lead pipe in the library is more flirty than fatal and where playtime is for more than just the games The … Continue reading