2020
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Filmmaker Leon Lopez loves telling stories ….. queer ones that is
When we recently interviewed queer Brit actor/performer/writer/director Leon Lopez one of the things we discussed was his new web series DISTANCING. Shot entirely on IPhone in isolation during the Covid 19 Lockdown in London, this six part series that Lopez directed by remote its the story of two men in a relationship but physically…
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Andrew Hebden reviews Spectrum : a queer anthology of Manchester’s Canal Street
Social bubbles are all the rage this week with the announcement from the UK Prime Minister that lonely, single person households can now mingle with one other without risking a visit from the coronavirus popo. Spectrum, directed by Kieron Moore, Abigail Henry and Christopher Bowles is on a similar social theme. In the gay…
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Love Victor : the angst of being a gay teenager
After the commercial success of LOVE SIMON in 2018 ( it grossed $66 million worldwide) Disney’s ears pricked up thinking that the world was ready for their take on a gay teen romance /drama. This feel-good crowd-pleaser of a movie was directed by (openly gay) GREG BERLANTI (BROKEN HEARTS CLUB) from a script based on…
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AUNT CHARLIES the last drag bar in San Francisco’s Tenderloin has been saved
Thanks to a tenacious devoted group of fundraisers, AUNT CHARLIES the last drag bar in San Francisco’s Tenderloin has been saved and lives to fight another day. This historical landmark, and a symbol of the city’s vital queer and trans culture closed its doors in March due to COVID-19 and because its owner William…
