2019
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Killing Patient Zero: the true story behind all the myths.
As a a gay men of a certain age who personally survived the brunt of the AIDS pandemic but lost a husband and far too many friends, Canadian filmmaker Laurie Lynd’s excellent new documentary is way overdue. Like most people we had bought the story that the whole epidemic was started by a promiscuous…
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Before I Was A Bear : an engaging and funny story about growing up
Before I Was A Bear ☆☆☆ By Eleanor Tindall The Bunker Theatre, London Nestled unobtrusively next to Menier Chocolate Factory, its more showy neighbour, is the Bunker Theatre. This former underground carpark is a welcome addition to London’s Off West End with a committed team and an eye for fresh new writing. Eleanor Tindall’s…
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Jonathan Kemp and Queer Words
Jonathan Kemp, one of Queerguru’s Contributing Editors in London is also an award winning author . His debut novel London Triptych (Myriad, 2010) was acclaimed by The Guardian as an “ambitious, fast-moving, and sharply written work” and by Time Out as “a thoroughly absorbing and pacy read.” It was shortlisted for the inaugural Green Carnation Prize and won the Authors’…
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Turning straight for America at Christmas
There’s nothing as queer as folk , especially when they run TV Channels. The movie TOO COOL FOR CHRISTMAS was made in 2004 for Canadian TV and was the story of two gay dads and their family. That evidently was considered far too advance for us in the US, so they filmed another version…
