British
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Joseph Wilson takes a Stance
With London’s East End losing some of its most famous edgier gay pubs and clubs through a whole variety of reasons but mainly due to virulent gentrification, the alternative and anarchic drag culture that is a vibrant part of the area is looking to re-imagine itself by ‘queering spaces’ that had traditionally been very straight.…
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Soft Lad : a new gritty Brit Drama
Peccadillo Pictures have just released the first trailer of a new gritty Brit gay drama starring three TV Soap Stars and written and directed by a 4th one. ‘Soft Lads’ is the tale of a seventeen year old dancer who is in the midst of a torrid affair with his sister’s husband when he gets…
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Dream On
The innocence of gay life in suburban Britain in the 1980’s before the AIDS epidemic changed the landscape forever is caught beautifully in this micro-budget drama that filmmaker Lloyd Eyre-Morgan has adapted from his own stage play. It’s the story of shy introverted 16 year old Paul who is taken by Denise his divorced mother…
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Rugby Player Keegan Hirst : I’m Gay.’
British professional rugby player 27 year old Keegan Hirst made giant waves in the media when he become the first ever league player to ‘come out’ as gay. Hirst, a father of two, candidly recounted to ‘The Sunday Mirror’ that his decision to go public about his sexuality because he wanted to alleviate the guilt…
