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Queerguru Opinion Piece : Is Scotland about to Turn The Clock back on LGBTQ+ rights?
To an outsider the British Parliamentary system may seem a tad arcane especially since it devolved some (limited) powers to the four countries that make up the UK. One of these being Scotland and in the 1920s it witnessed the startof a political movement that wanted independence for Scotland. This in time …
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In Spain, an ex gay porn star can get Elected Mayor ….. as long as they are not too conservative!
Whilst here is the US we are (still) debating the fact that we have a porn-star-affeciando grasping his way for his (unlikely?) return to the White House, we think instead we should adopt what some Spanish Town has done. I.E. elect an actual gay (ex) Porn Star to be in charge . The…
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The highly anticipated BACK TO BLACK : the troubled life of soul singer AMY WINEHOUSE is about to be released
The Guardian Newspaper in the Uk called BACK TO BLACK, the highly anticipated biopic about singer Amy Winehouse, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s best film to date. High praise for a filmmaker whose debut feature was the 4-time BAFTA nominated NOWHERE BOY the story of John Lennon. It wasn’t just the awards that this film…
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Brit Filmmaker ANDREW HAIGH (‘All of Us Strangers’) is named FILMMAKER ON THE EDGE BY PTown Film Fest
There in the detail of the announcement of the 26th Edition of the Provincetown Film Festival (five days of unflinching cinema!) is the news that will make this even more unmissable than usual. Its the news that this years Filmmaker on the Edge Award is to be given to Andrew Haigh, probably the…
