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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm gives his take on “Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette.”
Editors’ Night: I wanted a less biased take on this tale of some of the US’s Royal Family, so I asked our resident Scottish royalist for his (alien) spin on this TV fairy tale. Episode Six **** The less said about Naomi Watts’ portrayal of Jackie O in Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr &…
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Robert Aramayo’s unprecedented win of TWO BAFTA AWARDS suddenly wasnt the main news
The night that young actor Robert Aramayo deservedly won Best Actor at the BAFTA Awards for his breakthrough performance in the movie I SWEAR, he almost got overshadowed by an unfortunate incident. In the movie, Aramayo played John Davidson, a man living with severe Tourette’s whose involuntary vocal tics cause him to blurt out obscenities. …
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Barbara Forever, a glorious profile of the ground-breaking lesbian film-maker @ BFI Flare
A beautiful, naked, athletic, fifty-something woman strikes various bodybuilder poses with a cheeky glint in her eyes. Barbara Hammer is in control, and she knows how to get your attention. So begins Barbara Forever, a fascinating, intimate portrayal of the pioneering lesbian film-maker, feminist activist, lover, and artist. With an archived collection of over eighty…
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‘WHAT’S A GIRL LIKE YOU’ a fab look at drag queens in The UK in the late 1960’s
In 1967 the UK Government passed the Sexual Offences Act, which legalised homosexual acts in England and Wales, on the condition that they were consensual, in private and between two men who had attained the age of 21 (It took Scotland another 13 years to catch up and even worse, 15 years for Northern Ireland). The reason that…
