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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Yes I Am : The Ric Weiland Story : a true Queer hero
We all need heroes and role models. Especially in the LGBTQ community. Most of the ones we have are very colorful and loud. However, there are some like Rik Weiland who are far from that. Yet this very quiet private man, who sadly took his own life in 2006, is probably the most important…
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The REAL reason to go to Osaka, Japan
Thinking of traveling again now that the Lockdown is being lifted in some places around the globe? Then add Osaka in Japan to your itinerary and you could check out Osaka Castle, Sumiyoshi Taisha Grand Shrine, and Shitennō-ji, the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan. More important are the very engaging locals, like the Osaka Granny Idol Group who got…
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Kate Winslet shines in HBO’s Mare of Easttown
Unlike other film actresses in her age group Oscar winner Kate Winslet has not suddenly started re-focusing her career onto playing roles in TV series. Even though her very first one Mildred Pierce potted her a Golden Globe in 2012. Winslet, recently seen on the Big Screen in Francis Lee’s glorious sophomore movie Ammonite,…
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Shoplifters Of The World Unite : the night that The Smiths broke up
Any fan of The Smiths, probably THE best British indie rock group in the 1980s’ will recognize that this movie title as being that of one of the band’s greatest hits. This film directed and co-written by Stephen Kijak is a celebration of how this post-punk foursome that never really had any mainstream success…
