2024
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LGBTQ+ rights in the US are now under attack : this week we won a battle but we lost a battle too
This week Gov Newsom of California signed a new law that protects teachers from getting fired if they refuse to out trans students to their parents, suggesting instead that educators should focus on educating children rather than monitoring their sexual or gender identity. He had signed Assembly Bill 1955 back in July. The new law,…
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Queerguru reviews CONCLAVE a superb political thriller about the election of a new Pope
Conclave the political thriller about electing a new Pope seems the perfect film for our own religious mutt to watch and review on the second day of Hanukkah. This fictional story is based on the century’s old tradition of electing a new Pope when the current one dies. All the Catholic Cardinals from around…
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Open Dialogues: Queer Allies an Emmy Award winning doc : a range of perspectives illustrate the power of human empathy to change lives
Just a few days ago a PBS documentary film, “Open Dialogues: Queer Allies” walked away with a Suncoast Regional EMMY AWARD, which after watching this powerful wee film, you know was so well deserved. Made by Miami filmmaker Freddy Rodriguez, and produced by Jeff Rusnak and shot in South Florida, QUEER ALLIES offers the…
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Band Aid – The Making Of The Original ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ (New Documentary, 2024)
Its not just Christmas this weekend but its the 40th Anniversary of a remarkable musical event that the world is never likely to forget. It was the day that Bob Geldorf of The Boomtown Rats and Midge Ure of Ultravox gathered a veritable who’s who of pop music for the star-studded, chart-topping single “Do…
