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Russia steps up the crackdown on their LGBTQ+ community : could it happen next in the West?
Ten years ago Russia’s Kremlin introduced legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, known as the “gay propaganda” law, which banned any public endorsement of “nontraditional sexual relations” among minors. Then in 2020, Putin pushed through constitutional reforms to extend his rule by two more terms and also included a provision to outlaw same-sex marriage. Two years…
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RED, HOT & BLUE : the music that still raises awareness and much needed funds in the fight against AIDS
Red Hot Organisation was established in 1989 by Leigh Blake and John Carlin in response to the AIDS epidemic and its impact on artists and creators within New York City. Carlin, who previously pursued a career as an entertainment lawyer, expressed the wish to create an “AIDS charity album” to pay tribute to American singer/songwriter Cole Porter.…
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You so don’t have to be a football fan to know that the Streetboys Calendar is a real Winner
Team Munich e.V. is Germany’s first gay football team that plays in the official league of the German Football Association. It started back in 1994, and then 5 years later various independent gay and lesbian sports clubs merged with them and then the Streetboys joined in 2001. Recently they hosted their 5th charity…
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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…
