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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Miles
Like any good aspiring filmmaker Nathan Adloff uses his own life story as the inspiration for his movies. His debut feature, the utterly delightful gay ‘Harold & Maude’ type story called Nate & Margaret, was based on his friendship with an older straight woman. This time around he focuses on his childhood when money in his…
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The Catholic Church Hates Being Found Out
It’s not the right-wing reactionary doctrine of the Catholic Church that atheists hate most of all, it’s the sheer seemingly endless hypocrisy of them selectively banning and campaigning against peoples legal rights, and then not just flouting the laws with their immoral behavior but also actually spending more effort covering up their misdemeanors rather than focusing…
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The Hottest Ticket in P.Town
If you live in P Town the hottest ticket is not Broadway’s Hamilton with it’s 16 Tony Nominations (Been there Done that) but a sneak preview of Thirsty a post-queer musical feature film on the life of one of the Towns legendary entertainers who is considered local royalty in these parts. This fascinating true story…
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One of Jesus’s Homegirls Wins Miss Trans Israel Pageant
The toughest part (!) of my ‘other’ day job as a Media Reporter for PTV is pronouncing un-familiar names so I’m kind of happy that it’s my ‘day off’ today and I will not be having to tell the world the latest news from HaBima, Israel’s national theater, in Tel Aviv. Yesterday Ta’alin Abu Hanna, 21, an Israeli…
