Comptons of Soho: 30 years at the heart of gay Soho
As we celebrate the Grand Dame of Soho’s 30th birthday as an offical gay venue, we have a chat with some of her nearest...
BERLIN GAY MUSEUM – 25 YEARS ON
John Malathronas is impressed with the exhibits of the first gay museum in the world, which celebrated its quarter century this week…
Berlin is one...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 5: 18TH & 19TH CENTURY GAY THEATRE
David McGillivray’s new history series continues this week...
CUT THAT OUT!
By the 18th century, theatre in England had become so popular that it had to...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 8: 1940’S GAY THEATRE
ALL MEN TOGETHER
There’s no better example of travel broadening the mind than that of the young British soldiers who were posted abroad during World...
GREATER [GAY] LONDON
Sometimes the gay scene can seem to be all about the winding streets of Soho, and the treasures that lie within, but lend us...
Twinks4Trump founder dropped as White House correspondent
Lucian Wintrich, a founder of the Twinks4Trump group, as been dropped as a press correspondent in the White House after links to white nationalists...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 11: 1970s Gay Theatre
MADLY GAY!
Following the success of The Boys in the Band (see Part 10, last week) managements scrabbled to find more gay properties. Commercial theatre...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 9: 1950s GAY THEATRE
LAST OF THE SENSITIVE YOUTHS
For a time during the period of transition that followed World War II, troubled young men who might or might...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 10: 1960s Gay Theatre
READY OR NOT, HERE WE COME!
Although the 1960s was the era of Joe Orton and The Boys in the Band, homophobia thrived in theatreland...
A HISTORY OF THE GAY WORLD IN 10 OBJECTS
Last year A History of the World in 100 Objects was BBC Radio’s second most popular programme. Nearly two million people downloaded it every...