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Friends of Dorothy are creating SILVER PRIDE
On the 50th anniversary of the first ever Pride march in the USA, FRIENDS OF DOROTHY, an LGBTQ Support Group in the UK are launching Silver Pride to celebrate the older people in the our community. They think it important that we remember the sacrifices the older LGBT+ community made for us.…
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OLYMPIA : an intimate portrait of a remarkable woman
Queer American/Greek Cypriot filmmaker Harry Mavromichalis debut feature is an exceptionally wonderful intimate fly-on-the wall documentary of the Oscar Winning actress Olympia Dukakis. Mavromichalis turned his camera on when Dukakis celebrated her 80th birthday and trailed her on and off for the next three years. Unscripted and unplanned, this piece of cinema verite captured…
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JImmy Somerville + Rick Astley together to Help Musicians
Scottish queer singer/songwriter JIMMY SOMERVILLE (Bronski Beat & Communards) and Brit singer/songwriter RICK ASTLEY (Never Going To GIve You Up) front The Big Band Collective with a rousing edition of Bill Wither’s I Wish You Well. This joyous upbeat song was performed and filmed virtually was made to help musicians who have been facing…
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Happy 43rd Birthday to the groundbreaking ‘The Joy Of Gay Sex ‘
It may seem very odd to some of us that 43 years ago Dr Charles Silverstein felt the need to compile. The Joy Of Gay Sex. But back in the 1970’s sex education was both sparse and very straight. After all in the UK, homosexuality wasn’t legalised until 1969 , so no one had …
