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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews The Switchboard Project, an excellent, fast-paced comedy drama about London’s Lesbian and Gay Switchboard, set in 1985
The Switchboard Project **** Hope Theatre , London It’s 1985 in London, the peak of the AIDS crisis, and the staff at the Lesbian and Gay Switchboard telephone advice line are busy fielding non-stop phone calls asking for help. They dish out advice on a huge range of subjects, including AIDS, safe sex, coming…
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Jane Hilton : ‘Cowboys and Queen’ a stunning solo show that captures the American West today
Jane Hilton has a long way to commute to work. This truly remarkable photographer and filmmaker lives in London, but for the past 25 years she has been documenting American culture, in particular the American West. Her stunning work has included her depicting the lifestyle of the twenty-first century cowboy; and featuring intimate nude portraits…
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‘DRAWN THIS WAY’ is the animated deep dive into queer expression you didn’t know you needed
You may not have heard of Charlie David (shame on you), but if you are a gay man, you have definitely seen some of his prolific handiwork on TV or online. Queerguru first noticed him some 20 years ago when he starred in Dante’s Cove, a very successful queer supernatural soap opera that ran for…
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Elska Magazine says When In Rome Do As The (Queer) Romans Do
Most people who visit Rome do so to visit the Vatican and maybe catch a glimpse of His Holiness on his balcony blessing the vast Sunday crowds in St Peter’s Square below. When we were there, we were so aware that we were surrounded by hordes of excited Italians and very devout Catholics with such…
