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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Mx Justin Vivian Bond & Taylor Mac ask ‘Where You There?’
On the top of their form the sublime Mx Justin VIvian Bond and the irresistible Taylor Mac have the most heavenly Easter message ever (unless you are the slightest bit religious and you may want to skip this). It must be the best version of this American Spiritual EVER.
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The Queen has had a Facelift and is coming Back
In 1968, way before Paris is Burning and the ubiquitous Drag Race, filmmaker Frank Simon shot his debut documentary about the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant. This glorious piece of cinema verite that captured a group of drag queens vying to be the winner has been lovingly restored in 4K, and thanks to the…
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The Blonde One : a sensual romance from gay Argentinian auteur Marco Berger
When Juan’s brother moves out of his apartment in a Buenos Aires suburb he must find a roommate to replace him. He settles for Gabriel …… who he dubs the Blonde One ….. who is a colleague at the Woodworking shop where they are both employed. The two men couldn’t be more different as…
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The Ice King : the story of the iconic gay champion ice skater John Curry
This long overdue profile on John Curry the gay Olympic and World Champion who single-handedly changed the sport of ice skating into an extraordinary art form, celebrates the man but also shows how racked he always was with both doubts and depressions through his entire life. Born in 1949 into a conservative middle-class family…
