TV series
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Gordon Kaye, a master of innuendos , dies aged 75
To most Brits (of a certain age) René Artois was regarded as a comic TV hero in the 1980’s on the same level as Mr Humphries in ‘Are You Being Served’. Both characters were in fact created by David Croft and thrived on the British love of the art of rather tame sexual innuendo. René was the…
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Born Risky : Grayson Perry meets E.J.
Grayson Perry CBE RA is a celebrated English artist who is known equally for his ceramic vases as for his cross-dressing. Winner of the prestigious Turner Prize considered the highest award for Art in the UK, Perry has become one of the most articulate forces behind the whole cross-dressing movement, even donning one of his favorite…
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I Am Jazz : a trans teenager’s life
The disarmingly charming Jazz Jennings is an extraordinary young woman. Identified as male at birth but by the time she could first speak she made it known that she considered herself a girl, and at just 4 years old was diagnosed with gender identity disorder. It was however an interview with Barbara Walters for 20/20…
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Outings
This new Brit LGBT edgy TV series that went straight to DVD that tackles the life of group of friends in the northern UK town of Manchester is worlds away from HBO’s LGBT series Loving set in San Francisco featuring a group of rather sophisticated urbanites. Outings bills itself as a cross between as Queer as…
