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Theatre | Three Way is an incredible thought-provoking new play exploring the emotional impact of the bisexual experience

Three Way is a collection of three monologues, two from the point of view of a bisexual man, David and Guy, and one from Clara, the daughter of a bisexual father. Collectively these monologues explore topics of identity, regret, shame and love across a spectrum of life experience… Read More Theatre | Three Way is an incredible thought-provoking new play exploring the emotional impact of the bisexual experience

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Theatre | The Definition of Charisma by writer Nay Murphy explores the human condition through the intensity of best friendship

The play is about two best friends, Fifi (played by Ella Peattie) and Charlie (played by Nay Murphy).  As they tidy up from a party, tensions from the weekend unfold. Infatuated with Fifi’s mind, Charlie makes her the unwitting subject of a psychological study. But perhaps, Fifi knows more than Charlie realises…… Read More Theatre | The Definition of Charisma by writer Nay Murphy explores the human condition through the intensity of best friendship

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The Movie List | 25 LGBTQ+ film favourites to enjoy while celebrating your Pride

The best films can take a story and press it in to the flesh of your heart until tears run down your face or laughter erupts from your throat. Films will show you things you have never seen before and it can hold a mirror up to the audience. In movies, lost souls can find… Read More The Movie List | 25 LGBTQ+ film favourites to enjoy while celebrating your Pride

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Book Review: All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O’Leary

All the Young Men is the touching memoir of Ruth Coker Burks, a woman who dedicated herself to caring for the people neglected by their families, friends and most of society during in the AIDs crisis in America in the course of the 1980’s and 90’s.  Throughout her story, Ruth comes across as such a… Read More Book Review: All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O’Leary

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Five Films For Freedom returns to remind audiences Love Is Still A Human Right

Five Films For Freedom, the world’s largest LGBTIQ+ digital campaign, returns for its seventh edition in 2021, reminding audiences that Love is Still a Human Right. Broadcasting five brand new LGBTIQ+ films to countries around the world, this year’s programme showcases queer storytelling from India, Spain, Sweden, USA and the UK. In a continuing creative partnership, the British Council has… Read More Five Films For Freedom returns to remind audiences Love Is Still A Human Right

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British Council and BFI Flare reveal programme for sixth edition of Five Films For Freedom campaign

Five Films For Freedom, the world’s largest LGBTIQ+ digital campaign, will mark its sixth year by broadcasting five brand new LGBTIQ+ films to countries around the world, including those where homosexuality remains illegal. In this continuing creative partnership, the British Council makes five short films from the BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival available across… Read More British Council and BFI Flare reveal programme for sixth edition of Five Films For Freedom campaign

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Book Review: We Have Always Been Here – Samra Habib’s Queer Muslim Memoir

We Have Always Been Here is the fantastic queer Muslim memoir of editor and photographer Samra Habib. In the book she details her life so far starting with her birth and early childhood in Pakistan. There are some beautifully written snapshots of her early life in the first part of the book. Her memories of… Read More Book Review: We Have Always Been Here – Samra Habib’s Queer Muslim Memoir

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Book Review: The Stonewall Riots – A Documentary History by Marc Stein

Every year we get ready for Pride. We fill the streets with rainbow flags and slap on a bit glitter. It is the designated time of year when most liberal, hetronomative societies in the world have to tolerate the LGBTQQIAAP (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersexual, asexual, ally, pansexual) community so they can shout:… Read More Book Review: The Stonewall Riots – A Documentary History by Marc Stein

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