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Terence Stamp the Brit actor who became a LGBTQ icon with a big set of a balls as the unlikely star in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, has died
In London in the 1960’s Brit actor Terence Stamp was a roommate of another young cockney actor, Michael Caine, and the two of them hung out with Peter O’Toole on the London party scene. The trio were a big hit in every sense of the word. Stamp made his film debut in Peter Ustinov‘s film adaptation…
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Connie Francis who sang the ‘gay anthem’. ‘Where The Boys Are’ has died aged 87
Connie Francis, the most popular female singer of the late 1950s and early ’60s, with such hits as “Who’s Sorry Now,” “Stupid Cupid” and “Where the Boys Are,” and who became an unlikely TikTok sensation at 87 for a song she recorded six decades earlier, has died at 87. She was one of the earliest…
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Richard Greenberg : the author of the multi award winning ‘TAKE ME OUT’ that deals with homophobia, has died
Richard Greenberg, the writer of the multi-award-winning play (inc 3 Tonys) TAKE ME OUT has just died aged 67 This extraordinary play first premiered in London. Much of the play is set in the locker room of a professional baseball team, and as such has an all-male cast that explores themes of homophobia, racism, class, and masculinity in sports. Professional…
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Richard Chamberlain one of our very first TV/Film hearthrobs dies aged 90
If you were an adolescent boy …. or girl….. back in the early 1960s then there is a very good chance your first heartthrob was Richard Chamberlain i.e. DR KILDARE of the hit TV series. He was devastatingly handsome and we totally obsessed with him for the 5 years run of the show. Sexuality was…
