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‘Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York’
In 1987 when Ron Goldberg was just 28 years old he discovered that ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power was about to hold a rally near his workplace. He was not normally into any form of political protest, but like all of us gay men at that time he was scared, angry, and more…
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Gay Under the Taliban: a Channel 4 Report
Only 6 days ago The Guardian newspaper ran a story about the death of Hamed Sabouri a gay Afghan. According to his family and partner, he was detained at a checkpoint in the city in August, tortured for three days, and then shot. The abduction, torture, and murder of this gay aspiring medical student,…
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Wreck is a new hilarious British six-part queer comedy horror television series that you need to watch
For me, the whole concept of having to go on a Cruise would be an absolute nightmare, so it kind of makes sense that it could be the setting for a horror story. Especially such a campy comedy-slasher like WRECK…….. where the murderer is dressed up in a big duck costume. Jamie (Oscar Kennedy)…
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The First Homosexuals : an Art Exhibit at Wrightwood 659 @ Chicago
First Homosexuals: Global Depictions of a New Identity, 1869-1930, begins in the year 1869, when the word “homosexual” was coined in Europe, inaugurating the idea of same-sex desire as the basis for a new identity category. With more than 100 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and film clips—drawn from public and private collections around the globe…
