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Author, Journalist and Activist Paul Burston talks about his memoir “WE CAN BE HEROES”
When you read a resume like PAUL BURSTON‘s you feel (a) totally exhausted and (b) that you really should achieve more with your own life! He’s a journalist, author, activist, one-time editor, and founder and host of POLARI the LGBTQ+ literary salon. Before we started talking to him we knew a little about…
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Mancunian actor/writer Nathaniel Hall’s new semi-autobiographical play TOXIC about surviving a toxic relationship really hits home
Manchester is a very inclusive city and has the second-largest LGBTQ population in the UK (behind London). In fact, in 2011, Expogays named Manchester the most gay-friendly city in the world, even ahead of cities such as San Francisco and Amsterdam. After all, it’s where the UK version of TV’s hit series Queer As…
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Provincetown’s Genre-Bending Queer Music Festival hosted by Tony Award-winner John Cameron Mitchell and starring Jake Wesley Rodgers
According to Urban Dictionary a ‘washashore’ is a newcomer to a coastal or island community, a non-native, and who can sometimes (?) be a subject of xenophobia. In Provincetown, it is however considered a badge of honor in this gay mecca at the tip of Cape Cod which has a very diverse community. The Pilgrims laid…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden falls in love with Frank and Percy a heart-touching queer romance
Frank and Percy ✩✩✩✩ The Other Palace, London Loneliness has a special fear for a generation of senior gay men. There were those who lived before the legalization of gay sex, those who loved before the establishment of marriage equality, and those who lost friends, lovers and peers to the AIDS crisis before medication…
