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Gay ‘Traditional’ Arranged Marriages
queerguru had never imagined that when we all fought and won the right for same-sex marriage that we would end up embracing ALL the same traditions that heterosexuals have practiced for years. We are not talking here about things like dressing all our unmarried girlfriends in garishly colored ‘unfortunate’ bridesmaids dresses, but something much more fundamental…
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Dame Judi Dench needs a bigger mantlepiece.
Dame Judi Dench created another first in the annals of British Theater by winning her 8th Olivier Award* the first person to achieve this in the Awards 40th year history. After collecting her Award for her best supporting actress role as Paulina in Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s production of The Winter’s Tale she admitted that she…
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Maybe it’s something in the water …or whisky?
Scotland would qualify for another entry in the Guinness Book of Records if they actually covered LGBT events, as they are the very first country in the world where the Leaders of the four main political parties are now openly gay. Scottish Labour Party leader Kezia Dugdale is the latest one to publicly ‘come out’ in a…
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I Saw The Light
There is only one good reason (well, maybe two) to sit through the long drawn out and rather tedious biopic of the very short life of singer/songwriter Hank Williams, and that is because of its star Tim Hiddleston. He puts in a powerhouse of a performance and is nothing less than magnetic in this overly long…
