Category Blossom

25 Apr

Mixed doubles: why queer erotic sports cinema is enjoying a grand slam​Meg Walters

Muscular bodies dripping with sweat are all over cinema screens – and each other. But these films are very different from the sports romances of old This spring is shaping up to be the season of the artful athletic romance in cinema. Rose Glass’s Love Lies Bleeding and Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers both offer up their […]

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25 Apr

Five of the best books about queer relationships​Safi Bugel

From James Baldwin to Sarah Waters, writers have been telling rich, nuanced LGBTQ+ tales for decades – here are some good titles to try Cinema listings seem to be stacked with films about queer relationships at the moment. From the eerie yet tender romance in All of Us Strangers to the electric sapphic fling in […]

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25 Apr

UK’s first ever memorial to LGBT armed forces personnel to be built​Geneva Abdul

Fighting With Pride charity will lead work for memorial at National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire The UK’s first memorial commemorating the “lost legion” of LGBT people who have served in the armed forces is to be built at the National Memorial Arboretum. The memorial will be built after a charity spearheading efforts to get justice […]

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24 Apr

UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally​Karen McVeigh

Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’ The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends. In its annual global report, released today, the organisation said Britain was […]

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23 Apr

Joy in Taiwan – and praise from the president – as Nymphia Wind wins RuPaul’s Drag Race​Chi Hui Lin in Taipei

Drag star celebrated with massive support at home after taking top prize in the long-running US reality show A drag queen has sparked national celebration as the “pride of Taiwan” and won praise and congratulations from the island’s president after winning RuPaul’s Drag Race at the weekend. On Saturday, the long-running, Emmy award-winning US reality […]

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22 Apr

Lawsuit in London to allege Grindr shared users’ HIV status with ad firms​Jasper Jolly

High court action will claim US owner allowed access to app users’ private information in breach of UK law Grindr faces the prospect of legal action by hundreds of users who will allege that the dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases their HIV status, with advertising companies. The law firm […]

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21 Apr

Kiss Marry Kill review – a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction tale of love behind bars​Kate Wyver

Stone Nest, LondonDante or Die’s intriguing but underdeveloped story is based on the case of two men, each convicted of a homophobic murder, who became the first same-sex couple to marry in a UK prison Basing a play on real events offers a safety blanket of authenticity, but the facts of a story being true […]

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17 Apr

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17 Apr

Volunteer Project Lead: Researcher

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15 Apr

‘He was a born member of the underground’: how Peter Hujar captured the New York demimonde​Alex Needham

He only published one book – and it was hardly noticed. Now his portraits of drag queens, poets and artists are seen as vital documents of a vanished world. As they go on show, the photographer’s favourite subjects recall his genius ‘He made me wear white,” says Fran Lebowitz, down the phone from New York. […]

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