TheGayUK‘s theme this month is Vintage. The articles I’ve written this month are: Vintage History: Manchester Gay Village, Top 5 Vintage TV Characters & Book Reviews. Now, some of these have been submitted, but not yet published. The Editor assures me he’s spreading out the articles over the month, so here’s your chance to get [...]
Categories: Creative Writing, Gay & Campness, Journalism, TV & Movies.
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Night Shadows: Queer Horror Edited by Greg Herren and J.M. Redmann is an anthropology of short stories that all have a horror and lesbian, gay or bisexual theme. It’s the ideal read on dark and cold winters night or on the run up to Halloween. I thoughly enjoyed reading Night Shadows that was kindly sent [...]
Categories: Books & Authors, Gay & Campness, Reviews.
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Thinking of You Often…Alex. This beautiful song makes me think about Alex (see My Darling Baby Brother & Grief); but it is also about equality. The video below tells the story of a gay couple and what happened when one of them died in the US: Both are close to my heart. Write soon, Antony
Categories: Friends & Family, Gay & Campness, Life, Music & Radio, Thinking.
Tags: 2 years ago, Alex, close to my heart, death, died, double meaning, equality, gay, gay couple, grief, sadness, sorrow, US, videos
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There’s been a lot of talk about gay marriage recently, not just in the UK but internationally. So when God Believes in Love: Straight Talk about Gay Marriage by Gene Robinson arrived from Publishers Group UK I couldn’t wait to read it, which is what I did over the festive period. Now before I start [...]
Categories: Amazon, Books & Authors, Gay & Campness.
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