| Marcus | Date: Wednesday, 2017-07-05, 3:35 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Fronted by out gay actor Rupert Everett, this documentary
from UK's Channel 4 season of the same name examines how much gay life
in Britain has changed over the last fifty years since male
homosexuality was decriminalised in 1967. He meets LGBT people from all
walks of life and explores different venues including cruising areas
where gay men would meet for casual sexual encounters (accompanied by a
man who was a "pretty policeman" whose job it was, was to entrap gay
men). He returns to the first gay bar he ever visited - The Colherne - a
haven for those into the leather scene where he meets up with some
old-timers and reads from the polari version of the Book of Genesis.
(Polari is an old form of slang that gay men used in England. He also meets Paul Burrell, Princess Diana's former royal
butler who having divorced his wife, is now about to marry his
husband-to-be. Also Jai'Rouge, an out gay rap artist, Steve, a
construction worker and visits the town of Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire
which has acquired the reputation of being the "lesbian capital of
Britain" and which now rivals Brighton as the most gay friendly location
in the UK. He concludes outside the Houses of Parliament where at the
last General Election ninety of the elected members are now out gay men
and lesbians - that's 14% of the total across all of the major political
parties. The largest LGBT representation in any elected legislature
anywhere in the world.Here OR Here
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