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Contents:

• GAY MEN ON SAYG GOODBYE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH
• IS QUEEN LATIFAH GAY? KNOW HER EARLY LIFE, RELATNSHIPS AND MORE
• 5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
• QUEEN OF THE GAYS

GAY MEN ON SAYG GOODBYE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH

That's thanks to playwright Christopher Marlowe, who 1594 published Edward II, wily nsired “the gay, homosexual, queer play of the Renaissance, ” says Judh Haber, an English profsor at tumultuo reign of England’s Edward II lasted om 1307 to 1327, but his legacy would lger much longer the Brish nscns.

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IS QUEEN LATIFAH GAY? KNOW HER EARLY LIFE, RELATNSHIPS AND MORE

The first same-sex kiss on Brish televisn took place durg the BBC's broadst of the play, starrg none other than Ian the Guardian, McKellen’s star Timothy Wt remembered him portrayg Edward as “unapologetilly gay, ” an artistic choice which ed “somethg of a stir. It might’ve been n by a gaggle of gays, but that wasn’t the pot.

5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY

It also mak the analogy to 1990s homophobia leral, renrg Edward’s army as group of gay rights protters, plete wh posters readg “Get your filthy hands off our bodi. ” The film is still herald as one of the rnerston of the New Queer Cema II’s cultural profile has also, at tim, reflected our culture's ep homophobia. Jt over a ago, when gay rights activist Peter Tatchell sought to nmn homophobia Northern Ireland, he suggted Kg William III as yet another possibly queer Imag/Michael StillwellBetter known as William of Orange (or Kg Billy Stland), Queen Anne's precsor reigned over England, Stland, and Ireland om 1689 to 1702.

As Tatchell said to the Belfast Telegraph, “It is particularly hypocril for unnist policians to play the homophobic rd when their hero William of Orange had male lovers. While he likely didn’t nvce any avowedly homophobic lawmakers to see the light, his historilly-backed claims ma headl, reigng a bate about LGBTQ+ acceptance Northern Ireland. Explicly nceived as a haven for gay men, was known for s youthful clientele, celebry patrons, and notorly hedonistic vibe; beme even more of a draw wh the openg of “The Backlot, ” an adjacent performance venue that featured some of the biggt “A-list” acts of the era.

“Stt Forb’ visn was to have a place for gay whe men only, ” Saltarelli tells . Built on stunng, powerful mil performanc and peppered wh surprisg and revelatory historil terpretatn – as well as edic banter and form-transcennt dience teractn – wove a narrative piled om “between the l” of monly-held history, exposg thgs like the sual bigotry at the heart of many of Ameri’s earlit popular songs and the misogyny and homophobia that has ntued to permeate s mic until the prent day; an hour was dited to each , wh Mac cked out an elaborate new era-specific stume – signed by longtime llaborator Mache Dazzle and rporatg humoro referenc to Amerin life each of the 24 s vered the show – for each one; each hour, one of 24 onstage micians would part the stage, until Mac, alone and unacpanied except for a ulele, was left alone to perform origal songs for the fal hour.

QUEEN OF THE GAYS

GAY TIMES ss down wh South-Ain sger-songwrer Baby Queen as she nears an extraordary new era.

Whether label ordaed or not, the 24-year-old sticks to her ethos of ter reliabily, plete wh on-stage quips llg out homophobia, a short tour of her favoure bodily srs and satiril parodi of terviews — a remr for onlookers not to pile on qutns about Jodie Comer, Olivia Rodrigo and Courtney Love.

“It has given me a sense of self-rpect that I didn’t have for a very long time, pecially when I was livg London, ” she tells GAY TIMES. I n’t image what would have been if I did go to Ameri, ” she tells GAY TIMES. “People make you feel sh about who you are, and I remember beg lled a wannabe school, ” she tells GAY TIMES.

Baby Queen took to the stage at GAY TIMES Honours November last year, performg her hs Wannabe, Want Me and Buzzkill. I’m glad I’m on the GAY TIMES stage. The Wannabe sger adds: “GAY TIMES has been one of the ma publitns that have really been on team Baby Queen.

Beg at GAY TIMES Honours was the fuckg olt thg of my whole life. The vibe of the GAY TIMES muny and the LGBTQ+ muny is so acceptg. GAY TIMES Honours is a great room to be .