Just a month before The Supremes made their groundbreaking decision another country beat the US to be the 20th Country in the World to legalise same-sex marriage. Actually we didn’t get to hear about it until very recently as when the new Law came into being, the country’s computer system was down. Eventually, as in … Continue reading
Actor Wilson Cruz (whose breakthrough role was as Rickie the gay teenager in the cult classic TV show ‘My So-Called Life’) is stepping behind the camera for once and is the Executive Producer of a new documentary currently being planned called ‘Playing Gay: How America Came Out on Television’. Written and directed by activist and talk show … Continue reading
Our love of this particular Film Festival starts with its name. The Organisers probably chose it for their own reasons, but in our dictionary ‘pout’ means ‘to purse your lips to look petulant or sexy‘ and these are both very suitable reactions to whenever you watch edgy queer cinema. Hopefully with the selection that they … Continue reading
This fascinating short movie from filmmakers Brian Fairbairn and Karl Eccleston is in ‘polari’ an old-fashioned form of English slang that was first used at the beginning of the last century by fairground and circus people, prostitutes, beggars and other outsiders. It was later picked up gay actors and chorus boys and became a part … Continue reading