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In the UK The Best TV Travel Guides are all hosted by LGBTQ stars
We don’t think that this actually constitutes a major new trend BUT we have suddenly become aware of LGBTQ+ people hosting excellent TV travel programs in the UK As they put their own spin on the places they visit and the people they meet we realize how naturally curious (nosey?) gay people are,…
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Full Steam Ahead : two new queer TV shows that are going to get us all hot and bothered
Coming to Amazon on August 8th is the R-rated gay rom-com Red, White & Royal Blue. This very steamy movie based on Casey McQuiston’s 2019 book of the same name follows the fictional US President’s son Alex as he is forced into a sham friendship with Prince Henry of England after their…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews WHAM! an affectionate profile of one of the most successful pop acts of the 1980s.
The UK at the beginning of the 1980s was a highly-charged environment. Thatcher’s brutal economic policies, high youth unemployment, the urban riots of the summer of 1981, and very politicized new wave and Two-Tone music scenes fuelled a tense atmosphere. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were best friends, having met at school in 1975…
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Simply The Best : a tribute to TINA TURNER by Queerguru’s Music Editor Allison Ananis
As a young girl growing up in Nutbush Tennessee, Anna Mae Bullock liked to sing and recite movie dialogue to entertain her family – but by age 20 she had a new name— Tina Turner—and a blossoming music career with her partner, Ike. Tina embarked on her career in the late 1950s, while still…
