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- GAY GBY PLAYER TEXAS SHAR HIS PRI VIO TO SPIRE OTHERS TO LOVE THEMSELV
- HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON
- LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT
GAY GBY PLAYER TEXAS SHAR HIS PRI VIO TO SPIRE OTHERS TO LOVE THEMSELV
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HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON
It mak the prospect of optimistic documentary Steelers: The World’s First Gay and Inclive Rugby Club much more wele – and a way to mornise a mty narrative. It’s ma by one of the London-based club’s former players, Atralian reporter Eammon Ashton-Atkson, who is narrator, director, wrer and edor, tellg the story of three queer people volved wh the team as they pete agast other gay clubs the Bgham teas out some movg ttimoni and provis a stgg remr for many straight viewers that g out isn’t always the happy endg many thk is, and there are still wounds that need to heal over. The gameplay scen aren’t que immersive enough and the film is missg historil ntext: how this team – and gay gby – went om a punchle to an dtry.
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LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT
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