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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Anita : Speaking Truth to Power
In 1991 George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas, an African/American, to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, and as he had only served as an Appeals Court Judge for just 18 months, another appointment of the President, Bush evidently felt strongly enough about the man to want to fast-track him into one…
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TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM
Up until the 1960’s singing stars on TV and Records were supported by very wholesome and rather genteel white female singers. They were known by other musicians as ‘readers’ as they came in and sang exactly what was on their music scores without any deviation. And then the first African/American girls started getting gigs backing…
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A Teacher
Diana is a successful high school teacher, liked by her students, and admired by her colleagues. However, unbeknown to any of them, she is having a furtive affair with Eric one of the teenage boys in her class. It is purely sexual and mutually consensual but it carries with it enormous risks, particular for Diana.…
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28 HOTEL ROOMS
A chance encounter in a hotel bar leads to a handsome novelist and a pretty analyst, both traveling for business reasons, forgetting their work for a few hours and make a night of it together upstairs. Next morning as they part to go their separate ways they think no more of their one night stand…
