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Contents:
- STEELERS: THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY RUGBY CLUB
- HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON
- HOW AMAZON PRIME’S GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY STEELERS PLETELY FLIPS THE DISURSE OF MASTREAM LGBTQ+ STORI
- STEELERS: HOW ANTI-GAY ROW SPIRED GBY FILM
- A NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR THE LIV AND ROMANC OF GAY RUGBY PLAYERS
- JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT
- WORLD RUGBY RELEAS NEW GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY ON MARK BGHAM
- INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD’S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB IS G TO AMAZON PRIME
STEELERS: THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY RUGBY CLUB
Steelers: The World's First Gay Rugby Club: Directed by Eammon Ashton-Atkson. Wh Steve Brockman, Simon Dunn, Nic Evans, Simon Jon. Told through the ey of an Atralian televisn reporter who moved to the UK to pe prsn, we learn that sometim you n fd happs where you least expect. We follow the journey of 3 characters the club: the lbian ach fightg misogyny, even the gay world. The semi-pro player who spiraled to a prsn after his g out didn't go as planned. And the prop who disvered he was a drag queen through the club." data-id="ma * gay rugby documentary *
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HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON
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Niamh LewisMar 1, 2021, 09:52 AM ETWhen Eammon Ashton-Atkson, an Atralian televisn reporter, cid to film his gby club as they went to the biannual Bgham Cup 2018, he uld never have imaged the posive reactn a documentary about would film Steelers is about London-based Kgs Cross Steelers, the world's first gay gby club and one of over 60 such sis world-wi. Although the stori the film are related to the stggl of g out, prsn, and a history of bullyg for beg gay, they're are told a way which wir dienc n empathise wh. "It's a story about a gay gby club, but 's also a story about human stggle, and people g sport and their sense of muny to help each other, which is universal, " Ashton-Atkson told ESPN.
HOW AMAZON PRIME’S GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY STEELERS PLETELY FLIPS THE DISURSE OF MASTREAM LGBTQ+ STORI
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"That's a thought that do go through your md, and while 's generally a posive there are still pockets of homophobia. Then, 2019, Atralia's Israel Fol spouted his famo anti-gay ments on Instagram, sayg "hell awas" gay opened the drawer and started the ed aga om scratch, and turned to the unnventnal documentary has bee. "Wh beg gay, you don't thk that I grew up sperately wantg to change my sexualy, like, wishg the gay away?
They were dubbed the tabloids as 'Harlequeens, ' there was homophobic ments, and a fear over ntractg HIV and AIDS. "For those of who grew up when wasn't ok to be gay, jt really before the ter was mon, there was huge stigma.
STEELERS: HOW ANTI-GAY ROW SPIRED GBY FILM
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You had Margaret Thatcher's Sectn 28 [a law brought the UK by a Conservative ernment om 1988-2003 to the "prohib the promotn of homosexualy"], misnceptns about the HIV vis, " Ashton-Atkson explas.
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A NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR THE LIV AND ROMANC OF GAY RUGBY PLAYERS
Scm: Directed by Poppy Stockell. Wh Brennan Bastyovanszky, Sydney Convicts, Pearse Egan, Aki Mizutani. The liv of a self assured Canadian jock, a rookie Irish backpacker and a stoic Japane outsir change when they vie for a posn the gay gby world cup." data-id="ma * gay rugby documentary *
As turned out, he soon found a new fay – a team of gay men om all walks of LGBTQ+ life wh a shared love, passn, and talent for the sport which many gay men have otherwise been exclud om.
JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT
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The Kgs Cross Steelers attempt to w the gay gby world cup (Picture: Kgs Cross Steeelrs)‘I was lookg around the club and I realised wasn’t jt me who had felt this impact, was every sgle player.
I was tryg to work out what was about gay gby that was so special and a benef for all the queer people – mental health benefs om sport and beg able to form a relatnship away om dgs and alhol as well as reclaimg that place on the sportg pch where we’re told we don’t belong. So often, when gay people are seen on screen, our stori are tragic – ath, disease, margalisatn, abe. Simon is a player who me out as gay his early 30s and Steelers talks ankly about his prsn after sperately supprsg his sexualy, clgg on to hope that wouldn’t matter.
WORLD RUGBY RELEAS NEW GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY ON MARK BGHAM
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He was more than a gay man, and uld clg onto the rt of him bee surely that would be enough and life, at the very least, would be bearable. Simon didn’t e out until his early 30s and his urage is celebrated Steelers (Picture: Kgs Cross Steelers)Eventually, he told his fay and iends he was gay but was jilted when he told a bt iend, who was straight, he was love wh him.
INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD’S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB IS G TO AMAZON PRIME
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If they ronate, not only wh gay viewers but all sexuali and genrs, and if people n see hope and see you belong to somethg then the story has much more of an impact than beg a niche gay film.
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