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1985. Film: The first of the AIDS films

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As the AIDS  crisis continued to unfold across the globe it was inevitable that it would eventually find its way into movies. The first of these appeared in 1985,with the tele-movie An Early Frost, Arthur J Bressan Jr’s Buddies, and … Continue reading →

1986. Television: Channel Four – ‘In the Pink’

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Since its launch in 1982, Britain’s Channel Four took the lead in the representation of LGBT people and their interests on television. Needless to say this did not come without some considerable opposition in the midst of Margaret Thatcher’s buttoned-down … Continue reading →