2025
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29 QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2nd edition of a groundbreaking celebration of queer cinema set against the breathtaking natural expanse of Twentynine Palms, California.
I’ve always wanted a good excuse to visit Joshua Tree National Park and the Mojave Desert region is Southern California, now I have one. Coming up at the end of the month is the 2nd Edition of 29 Queer Film Festival in the city of Twentynine Palms, right near the Park entrance. This year’s festival showcases bold…
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Whilst the US Adminstration stops all AIDS support globally, IRELAND renews its YOU, ME & HIV Campaign to make things better for people living with HIV
In 2024, the United States helped to provide HIV treatment to more than 20 million people around the world. It tested 84 million people for the virus and provided preventive care for several million more. All of that changed in late January, when 270,000 health-care workers, who were supported by the US President’s Emergency Plan…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews The Switchboard Project, an excellent, fast-paced comedy drama about London’s Lesbian and Gay Switchboard, set in 1985
The Switchboard Project **** Hope Theatre , London It’s 1985 in London, the peak of the AIDS crisis, and the staff at the Lesbian and Gay Switchboard telephone advice line are busy fielding non-stop phone calls asking for help. They dish out advice on a huge range of subjects, including AIDS, safe sex, coming…
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Jane Hilton : ‘Cowboys and Queen’ a stunning solo show that captures the American West today
Jane Hilton has a long way to commute to work. This truly remarkable photographer and filmmaker lives in London, but for the past 25 years she has been documenting American culture, in particular the American West. Her stunning work has included her depicting the lifestyle of the twenty-first century cowboy; and featuring intimate nude portraits…
