culture
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Adam Rippon winning hearts and minds (as well as an Olympic Medal)
Sometimes the media are a tad too quick to idolize sportsmen especially the ones that have medals hanging around their necks. However, in the case of the young openly gay Olympic Ice Skater Adam Rippon who has barely been out of the headlines these past few weeks, he deserves every single drop of adoration that has been piled on him. Not…
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What if Hollywood told the truth?
If Hollywood really told us the truth about their films and made sure their posters called it as it really was, would we still go see the movies anyway? The very talented funny guys at TheShiznit.co.uk turned their attention to all of this year’s Oscar Nominated films, and these are a few examples of their take on…
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queerguru reviews ‘Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho’
Margaret Thatcher was really a man in drag. This was a popular (pre-internet) accusation leveled at the former British prime minister. Contemporary cultural representations also pitched her as a fella. Spitting Image, the phenomenal satirical TV show that ran throughout the 80’s, portrayed her in a man’s pinstripe suit & tie – the…
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Elska Magazine captures the Men of Cape Town
For its latest edition Elska Magazine, the bi-monthly gay photography and culture publication has traveled to Cape Town in South Africa. It’s a country where homosexuality was legalized in 1996 by the post-apartheid Constitution which was also the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation. South Africa was the fifth country in the world, and…
