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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE a beautiful, very detailed, documentary about the trail-blazing sex educator
Despite giving the world TV gems featuring powerful women such as Charlie’s Angels, Wonder Woman, and The Bionic Woman, the reality of women’s lives and human rights in 1970s America was very different. The National Organisation of Women (NOW), founded in 1966, had led the way in the development of women’s rights, but…
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Sister Roma talks with Queerguru about finally making her London Debut
Sister Roma is one of the original Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence the charitable, protest, and street performance movement that uses drag and religious imagery to satirize issues of sex, gender, and morality. and fundraise for charity. They came about during the AIDS pandemic in San Francisco when they provided a valuable support system, especially…
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Jonny Woo and The Glory … East London’s most hallowed queer space ….have glorious plans for the Holiday Season
The aptly named ‘The Glory’ is a hallowed queer space in East London and a platform for forward-thinking queer entertainment, hosting everything from cabaret to performance to DJ night. Ever since it was opened in 2014 by drag queens Jonny Woo and John Sizzle alongside Colin Rothbart it’s been home to such fabulous events…
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‘Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ a new doc on Peacock TV
In 1970, Tom Carpenter graduated from the Naval Academy ready to follow his family’s lineage in the military as a US Marine Corps attack pilot. Then he met Courtland Hirschi. Tom and Court fell deeply in love, keeping their illicit relationship a secret. At that time, homosexuality – if discovered – resulted in being…
