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  • Last Dance

    Last Dance

      There is no set pattern on how to deal with your grief when you lose a partner.  Each of us deals with it in our own unique way. When it happens to a dancer they have their own way of expressing this, and all the feelings that accompany such a major blow in one’s…

  • Discovering the ‘gay secrets’ of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

    Discovering the ‘gay secrets’ of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

      One is hesitant to use the phase ‘back in the dark ages’ as somedays if feels that for the LGBTQ community we could politically be on the very edge of their revival now.  But way back when Boston was ‘growing up’ and the Puritans were in charge, the city was one of the most…

  • They’re Back with New Music: Boy George & Culture Club,  and Robyn too

    They’re Back with New Music: Boy George & Culture Club, and Robyn too

    Brit queer icon Boy George is back with his (old) new wave band Culture Club and they have just released their first brand new single for 20 years : Let Somebody Love.  It’s from their fourth studio album ‘Life’ which was produced by Future Cut and written by George, Roy Hay, Mikey Craig, Jon Moss and Richie…

  • Britains first-ever gay TV program 23 years ago was such a hoot

    Britains first-ever gay TV program 23 years ago was such a hoot

      In 1995 the UK National broadcast the august BBC launched the country’s very first all gay TV show.  Gaytime TV was a  late night comedy and lifestyle magazine that naturally was completely groundbreaking at the time, and although they managed to secure excellent guests like Harvey Fierstein and Martina Navratilova for the very first…