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From 1999 : DISCO HEAVEN : Holly Johnson’s tribute to all his friends he lost to AIDS
Back in 1999 Frankie Goes To Hollywood singer Holly Johnson released DISCO HEAVEN a heartfelt tribute to all the friends he had lost to AIDS. At the time Johnson told The Guardian It’s a song about remembering in a positive way your friends that aren’t here any more. You know they’re all there…
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Big Miracles TV Series that features the journey a gay male couple take to become parents.
Thanks to the ‘miracle’ of our VPN we have just been watching a heart-warming documentary series on Australia’s TV Channel 9. Big Miracles follows 10 Aussie couples and individuals as they embark on an emotional journey of trying to fall pregnant, through IVF or other fertility treatments. Through each episode, the show strives…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden gets blown away with BFI Flare’s Opening Night Film ‘THE STROLL’
The Stroll, the opening documentary of the British Film Institute Flare Festival just blew the bloody doors off. Some things in LGBTQ+ film festivals are good, some things are important. They don’t always coincide. With this authentic yet deeply authoritative work by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker they have achieved both. A threading of black…
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Happy Days Are Here Again : EDMUND BAGNELL debuts his new show in Fort Lauderdale
One of Queerguru’s favorite Provincetown performers is making his South Florida solo debut. Well Strung’s 1st violinist Edmund Bagnell brings his show Happy Days Are Here Again to the Sunshine Cathedral in Ft Lauderdale on April 14th. Happy Days Are Here Again is a joyous tribute to music that is the feel-good soundtrack to…
