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Contents:

• GAY DATG UNED KGDOM
• 10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
• THE BT GAY VILLAG IN THE UNED KGDOM FOR FABULO QUEER FUN! ??
• BROOKLYN MAN WHO WAS VOGUEG AT A GAS STATN FATALLY STABBED POSSIBLE ANTI-GAY HATE CRIME, POLICE SAY
• GAY MAN IS FATALLY STABBED WHILE DANCG TO BEYONCé AT BROOKLYN GAS STATN
• COUPLE SEEKG SHELTER OM GREECE FIR NIED HOME FOR THE NIGHT ‘BEE THEY'RE GAY’
• O’SHAE SIBLEY WAS STABBED TO ATH FOR THE CRIME OF BEG ‘BLACK, GAY AND DANCG’
• RUDY GIULIANI CALLS MATT DAMON ANTI-GAY SLUR, MAK ANTISEMIC SEX JOKE RERD CONVERSATNS
• 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' TEASER NFIRMS LUS GRABEEL'S RYAN EVANS IS GAY WH SAME-SEX KISS
• CHA PLANS OUTREACH TO GAY COMMUNI A BID TO CURB MPOX

GAY DATG UNED KGDOM

Weekend (2011)Few untri n rival the UK when to makg great and diverse gay films.

This may e as a surprise om a untry where male homosexualy was illegal until as recently as 1967, and where gay marriage ntu to ffle right-wgers, swivel-eyed or otherwise.

10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS

Yet spe their often taboo nature, films wh gay characters have been around sce the silent era. So what key Brish gay films are out there?

We’ve narrowed down the list to films easily available on DVD, although honourable mentn mt go to the über-rare Two Gentlemen Sharg (1969), a swgg slice of the 60s that hted at terracial homosexualy. Sign up to BFI Flare emailsGet the latt #BFIFlare news and ticket release list should really be a Top 11 – the omissn of Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), the first Brish film to feature a gay kiss, is borrle excable. Tom Shkolnik’s betifully observed The Comedian (2012), which a possibly gay, possibly bi thirtysomethg (Edward Hogg) tri to make as a standup the pal, also narrowly missed cln.

Borrle (1930)What’s the gayt Brish silent?

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A few d homosexuals n be found  Aled Hchck’s early work (check out the swishy drsmaker 1925’s The Pleasure Garn), while Ivor Novello’s films play up the flamboyant star’s androgyny, playg very odd, allegedly heterosexual men  The Lodger (1926) and The Man whout Dire (1923). But gayt of all remas Borrle, a hotbed of sexual passns set around an terracial love triangle. The ma tr may be straight, but the mera’s love of Pl Robon’s torso – the film was directed and produced by gay men – hts at an even more taboo love story.

One of the first spottgs of the GBF (Gay Bt Friend), a creature maligned and adored equal measure.

BROOKLYN MAN WHO WAS VOGUEG AT A GAS STATN FATALLY STABBED POSSIBLE ANTI-GAY HATE CRIME, POLICE SAY

Although ma at a time when homosexualy was unmentnable on screen, Hale’s gtur and waspish livery clearly the character as not the marryg kd. Victim (1961)Dirk Bogar, an actor who never acknowledged the mours of his homosexualy durg his lifetime, took a real reer risk playg a lawyer who, followg a strg of blackmail attempts agast gay men, begs to realise his own sexualy. Ma when gay sex was illegal the UK, uld have been a reer-er, but stead saw him progrs om matee idol rol to meatier arthoe fare.

Victim was released four years after the publitn of the Wolfenn report, a paper which remend that male homosexualy no longer be regard as a crimal offence. It took another 10 years before partial crimalisatn took effect wh the Sexual Offenc act 1967, which allowed homosexual acts, private, between two men over the age of 21 – many feel Basil Dearn’s film helped liberalise attus and pave the way towards tolerance towards gay people.

The Leather Boys (1964)The Brish ‘kchen sk’ dramas, foced around workg-class liv, that prevailed the late 50s and early 60s ocsnally ntaed sympathetic gay characters, such as Murray Melv’s stunt  A Taste of Honey (1961) and Cicely Courtneidge’s ageg actor  The L-shaped Room (1962). A newlywed (Col Campbell) havg marriage problems fds pe through mararie wh a biker gang – and don’t realise that his dynamic and fatly misogynist bt iend (Dudley Sutton) is gay. The last scene, set a gay bar, featur a nga le of unlikable stereotyp, but at least Sutton across more sympathetilly than Ra Thgham, playg Campbell’s shrewish wife.

GAY MAN IS FATALLY STABBED WHILE DANCG TO BEYONCé AT BROOKLYN GAS STATN

Sebastiane (1976)Few films outsi gay porn feature as much male flh as Sebastiane, the feature but of Derek Jarman (-directed by Pl Hums). Nighthawks (1978)Bra’s first signifint gay movie ma by a gay director divid dienc. Some praised for s realistic portrayal of a gay teacher unsuccsfully seekg a lovg relatnship the newly sexually liberated clubs of London.

Now Nighthawks n be re-evaluated as an valuable time psule of the late 1970s gay scene, the liberated perd between crimalisatn and the outbreak of AIDS. Ken Robertson is very good as the antihero, pecially the film’s bt scene, when the teacher out to his homophobic class and nonts their prejudic. What uld be more crowd-pleasg than a gay love story between a Pakistani immigrant and an ex-Natnal Front member?

COUPLE SEEKG SHELTER OM GREECE FIR NIED HOME FOR THE NIGHT ‘BEE THEY'RE GAY’

Homosexualy is jt one of the topics vered  Hanif Kureishi’s amb, Osr-nomated screenplay, which also tak on racism, culture clash, and the state of Thatcher’s Bra.

Kureishi would explore race and homosexualy aga the TV seri The Buddha of Suburbia (1993). The murr of a gay man triggers an avalanche of trouble for two black pirate rad DJs, one of whom starts a relatnship wh a whe, gay punk. Betiful Thg (1996)This favoure remas one of the sweett of all gay films, tellg the story of two troubled boys – one bullied at school, the other at home – who fd love each other’s arms.

Every gay teen serv a good gay teen film, and the 1990s this was . It’s a super play, but the film jt about tmps , thanks pecially to the performanc – Glen Berry retired om actg, Stt Neal played another gay role  The Bill, while the scene-stealg Lda Henry beme a fixture on Bad Girls and EastEnrs. Few gay-themed films, Brish or otherwise, have ronated wh dienc que as much as Weekend.

O’SHAE SIBLEY WAS STABBED TO ATH FOR THE CRIME OF BEG ‘BLACK, GAY AND DANCG’

In a rare moment of sany, wrer Bret Easton Ellis tweeted that “ might be the greatt film about gay men ever ma”. Gay villag are ually fun and excg cultural hotspots that are well worth the vis when you are travelg.

RUDY GIULIANI CALLS MATT DAMON ANTI-GAY SLUR, MAK ANTISEMIC SEX JOKE RERD CONVERSATNS

For LGBT folk, gay villag are a great place to let loose, knowg that you will be accepted and n have fun whout judgment.

They are also a great place to go out and socialize and meet other gay travelers. This rapidly lead to the formatn of gay villag, an LGBTQ-iendly oasis an otherwise hostile cyspe which ntaed gay-oriented tablishments, such as gay bars and pubs, nightclubs, bathho, rtrants, boutiqu and bookstor.

Sce the turn of the 21st century, LGBT rights have creasgly strengthened the Uned Kgdom, and the need for gay villag has waned – but some still rema credibly popular wh high ncentratns of gay rints and bs. Gentrifitn, changg nightlife trends and an creasgly acceptg society mean many have disappeared but there are still several different gay villag the UK to choose om when you are travelg – here are some of our favor we thk you should try out! For a fun night out, head to Kreml, the cy’s most famo gay club wh a cheeky Soviet theme.

'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' TEASER NFIRMS LUS GRABEEL'S RYAN EVANS IS GAY WH SAME-SEX KISS

The gay area is lled the Pk Triangle and is right the center of town.

Broughton Street is an artsy area that’s a favore of lols and is home to a ncentratn of gay bars and other LGBT-iendly bs. This area is sometim lled the Pk Triangle, wh some of the gay bars extendg onto nearby Leh Street. CC Blooms is the biggt gay hotspot here, wh a classy rtrant and club environment.

Most of Glasgow’s gay bars and attractns are loted right at the center of everythg Merchant Cy.

CHA PLANS OUTREACH TO GAY COMMUNI A BID TO CURB MPOX

Old Market is a vibrant gay village that hosts a wi variety of alternative events throughout the year, and is also home to a variety of art galleri and pop-up shops. Bears love the Bristol Bear Bar, and the Phoenix Bar and Punch Bowl are both zy gay-iendly spots to enjoy a drk and a meal. Soho is one of the biggt and most well-known gay villag not only the Uned Kgdom, but the entire world.

It has sce gentrified signifintly, but the gay culture still remas. The majory of the gay bars and attractns are centered around Old Compton Street.