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Heated Rivalry: Representation without any depth is just another fantasy

Heated Rivalry: Representation without any depth is just another fantasy

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When the teaser for a steamy gay-hockey show crossed my desk, I cracked my knuckles and was ready for it to premiere
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Interview with Josalynn Smith on her thrilling debut, Ride or Die @ Manchester Film Festival 2026

Interview with Josalynn Smith on her thrilling debut, Ride or Die @ Manchester Film Festival 2026

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Josalynn Smith talks her debut feature Ride or Die, documentaries, the road trip subgenre and queer romance.
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One Love: A beautiful tribute to Manchester queerness

One Love: A beautiful tribute to Manchester queerness

Matt Cain’s novel One Love is an exceptional piece of queer literature that offers valuable life lessons, no matter who you are
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Everybody’s Talking About John Partridge: drag, musicals, and Butter Tarts

Everybody’s Talking About John Partridge: drag, musicals, and Butter Tarts

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We sat down with John Patridge, ahead of the brand-new UK tour of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
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The Making of Frederick the Great: In conversation with Charlotte Kindred

The Making of Frederick the Great: In conversation with Charlotte Kindred

The Mancunion sits down with Charlotte Kindred, ahead of the world premiere of her debut play at The Cockpit as part of Camden Fringe
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Review: The Way Old Friends Do

Review: The Way Old Friends Do

The Way Old Friends Do, which follows the establishment of the first drag ABBA tribute band, is a celebration of friendship, queerness and, yes, ABBA
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Review: Pride in Trafford Double Bill: The Chosen Haram and BI-TOPIA

Review: Pride in Trafford Double Bill: The Chosen Haram and BI-TOPIA

Pride in Trafford was kicked off with a two pieces of theatre, one exploring the intersection of sexuality and religion, the other sexuality and masculinity
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Contact invites you to reach for the stars (in search of your own orgasm)

Contact invites you to reach for the stars (in search of your own orgasm)

STARS: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey comes to Contact as part of its UK tour
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“A duty to stand in solidarity”: Peter Tatchell on his LGBTQ+ activism

“A duty to stand in solidarity”: Peter Tatchell on his LGBTQ+ activism

Peter Tatchell discusses a life dedicated to the liberation of LGBTQ+ people, including risking his own freedom when protesting in Qatar last year.
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Royal Court Theatre is holding out for a hero

Royal Court Theatre is holding out for a hero

Danny Lee Wynter’s debut play, Black Superhero, has its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre – starring Wynter and Dyllón Burnside
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Bend It Like Bollywood: BBC Three documentary shines a light on queer South Asians

Bend It Like Bollywood: BBC Three documentary shines a light on queer South Asians

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Bend It Like Bollywood, a film from the mind of our Theatre Editor, Jay Darcy, comes to the BBC
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Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit

Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit

Death Drop: Back in the Habit is an hilarious, daring and surprisingly sociopolitical play starring drag icons Jujubee, Cheryl Hole, Victoria Scone, Kitty Scott-Claus, and LoUis CYfer
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Queer Contact Double Bill: Grandmother’s Closet & An Audience with Milly-Liu

Queer Contact Double Bill: Grandmother’s Closet & An Audience with Milly-Liu

Queer Contact’s double bill exhibits how queer expression can be a journey through your grandmother’s closet or dressing up as a cat
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Review: Peach Chutney

Review: Peach Chutney

The Bitten Peach, a queer Asian cabaret collective, return to Queer Contact with their South Asian branch, Peach Chutney
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Review: The Disco Ball

Review: The Disco Ball

House of Suarez’ annual Vogue Ball returned to Manchester Academy as part of Queer Contact, with a pedestrian theme but thrilling performances
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Queer Contact: Celebrating LGBT+ History Month at Contact Theatre

Queer Contact: Celebrating LGBT+ History Month at Contact Theatre

Contact’s flagship queer arts festival, Queer Contact, is back this LGBTQ+ History Month – with a lineup as eclectic and electric as ever
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If you’re seeking pleasure this Christmas, come HOME

If you’re seeking pleasure this Christmas, come HOME

Bourgeois & Maurice return to HOME this Christmas with their brand-new show Pleasure Seekers
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Why I’m fed up with straight people telling me to visit Dubai

Why I’m fed up with straight people telling me to visit Dubai

Why would I want to go on holiday to somewhere I wouldn’t feel welcome?
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Live review: Pale Waves at Albert Hall, Manchester

Live review: Pale Waves at Albert Hall, Manchester

The Manchester band bring a night of pop-punk tunes to their hometown following the release of their third album Unwanted
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Screaming Queens: representations of trans history

Screaming Queens: representations of trans history

Susan Stryker’s Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria represents the radical potential for trans history narratives in cinema
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