gay history
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A Look Back at the Last of the Teddy Girls
Before Ken Russell became the Oscar nominated director of such classic movies such as Women in Love, The Devils and The Who’s rock-opera Tommy, he was a young photographer in the mid-fifties working for British newspapers and magazines such as Picture Post. For one of his assignments in 1955 he was commissioned to take photographs of a new…
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Divine Divas
The Divas featured in this rather heartwarming documentary are now in their 70’s, and this is the story of them uniting to get back on the stage together for one last time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the show that gave them their first taste of fame. They are a bunch of extremely brave…
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Scotland’s First Minister apologizes for gay convictions
Scotland’s devolved government today (November 7) issued an apology to men that had previously been convicted of same-sex activity that is no longer illegal. It simultaneously passed new legislation that would allow them to clear their names and see such convictions wiped from criminal records. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the country’s parliament that it…
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MATT BELL talks about The Boys In The Band
Last week producer Ryan Murphy announced a star-studded Broadway revival of The Boys in the Band so queerguru talked to Matt Bell an Associate Professor at Bridgewater State University & Editor of a volume of Essays on the play The Boys in the Band: Flashpoints of Cinema, History, and Queer Politics (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series) published last year by Wayne…
