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Netflix
Alice Oseman's soul-warming LGBTQ+ Netflix series is back, following the next stage in the secret relationship between Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson (Kit Connor)
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TV
In his new Channel 4 Aids drama, Russell T Davies examines the impact of the virus on the British gay community. Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris and Olly Alexander star
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Cinema
Levan Akin's romantic LGBT+ drama shows the struggles of homosexuality in the hyper-masculine world of Georgian dance
Book Now
Theatre
Warm yourself up this winter with Edinburgh Fringe favourite Hot Gay Time Machine at Trafalgar Studios
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Theatre
A comic tragedy: the musical theatre adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel Fun Home is a vital, life-affirming show that's not to be missed
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Theatre
The Inheritance: West End Transfer. A generation after the AIDS crisis, Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance provides a panoramic view of gay life in New York City
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Visual Arts
Tate Queer Art – one of the first LGBT exhibitions in a major London cultural institution
Interview
We talk to the brother of Robert Mapplethorpe – controversial homoerotic photographer, Patti Smith's lover and Andy Warhol's biggest rival – about compelling new documentary Look at the Pictures
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Cinema
Freeheld is a powerful story but neither Julianne Moore nor Ellen Page get enough screen time
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Cinema
Oscar buzz already surrounding this new film about a transgender woman, The Danish Girl. Eddie Redmayne stars in the true story of Einar Wegener
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Warm-hearted Indie gem Grandma sees stand-out performances from Lily Tomlin and Julia Garner
Tried and Tested
Cinema
New film Chemsex shows a growing, troubling trend in London's gay community
Tried and Tested
Cinema
New French film about a ménage à trois romance is a charming tale of fluid sexuality
Tried and Tested
Cinema
We were blown away by Sean Baker's vibrant and original transgender romp through the L.A. backstreets.
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Colin Rothbart's new documentary Dressed As A Girl takes a look behind the makeup of Soho's glittering drag queens
Tried and Tested
Cinema
New 52 Tuesdays film from Australian director Sophie Hyde is a formative and transformative saga told from two very different perspectives.
Tried and Tested
Cinema
In transgender movie The New Girlfriend, Romain Duris plays a young father undergoing a complex transformation.