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JImmy Somerville + Rick Astley together to Help Musicians
Scottish queer singer/songwriter JIMMY SOMERVILLE (Bronski Beat & Communards) and Brit singer/songwriter RICK ASTLEY (Never Going To GIve You Up) front The Big Band Collective with a rousing edition of Bill Wither’s I Wish You Well. This joyous upbeat song was performed and filmed virtually was made to help musicians who have been facing…
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Happy 43rd Birthday to the groundbreaking ‘The Joy Of Gay Sex ‘
It may seem very odd to some of us that 43 years ago Dr Charles Silverstein felt the need to compile. The Joy Of Gay Sex. But back in the 1970’s sex education was both sparse and very straight. After all in the UK, homosexuality wasn’t legalised until 1969 , so no one had …
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See You Soon : a queer love story
Queer filmmaker Tyler Rabinowitz’s latest short film a wee heart-wrenching drama about young love that was made before the COVID lockdown. However this story about the pain of separation between the two lovers reminds us of the toil the current pandemic is taking on long-distance relationships. See You Soon stars two very talented actors…
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Bette Midler may be the best Mae West ever
Some very talented queer HBO executive must have seen Bette Midler channel Mae West on the red carpet at her “Haunted Hollywood: The Golden Age”-themed Hulaween charity gala when a red light went off in his head . The Divine Miss M is like a modern re-incarnation of the 1930s movie star who was…
