Shy Jamie (Glen Berry) and athletic Ste (Stt Neal) are teen boys who live near each other the London projects. Both boys thk they uld be gay, and fally explore their feelgs when Ste is allowed to stay over at Jamie's place after an cint wh his abive father. There, the boys grow close and open themselv up to the ia of homosexualy, while Jamie's rg mother, Sandra (Lda Henry), and quirky teen neighbor, Leah (Tameka Empson), offer much need emotnal support.
Contents:
- BETIFUL THG IS A MASTERPIECE OF GAY STORYTELLG
- ON THIS GAY DAY: THE MOVIE ‘BETIFUL THG’ WAS RELEASED
- BETIFUL THG, GROUNDBREAKG GAY PLAY, TO ENJOY WT END REVIVAL
BETIFUL THG IS A MASTERPIECE OF GAY STORYTELLG
Betiful Thg Is a Masterpiece of Gay StorytellgThe 1996 Brish film portrayed s workg-class LGBT characters wh remarkable sensivy and Pictur ClassicsWhen Jonathan Harvey’s love story Betiful Thg buted 1993 as a play, he had no ia would eventually be herald as a crown jewel of gay storytellg. “But wasn’t tend to be a gay play, jt a play that happened to have gay characters. Remend ReadgDpe Betiful Thg’s tle, gay life the early 1990s was anythg but pretty.
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ON THIS GAY DAY: THE MOVIE ‘BETIFUL THG’ WAS RELEASED
In 1987, Bra’s Prime Mister, Margaret Thatcher, gave a speech plag that, rather than learng to rpect “tradnal” valu, children were beg tght that they “have an alienable right to be gay.
BETIFUL THG, GROUNDBREAKG GAY PLAY, TO ENJOY WT END REVIVAL
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