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New Biography Charts Milk's Life Story

Posted on 13 Aug 2018 in Other

The Jewish Chronicle newspaper reports on a new biography of Harvey Milk, out in time for the fortieth anniversary of his assassination. Lillian Faderman, the acclaimed lesbian reviewer and woman of letters, has turned her pen to understand the background to Milk and how he became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States.

Cheeky Internet Pirates Treat Viewers !

Posted on 23 May 2018 in Other

Lots of listeners to community radio will be aware of the debt the sector owes to pirate radio stations for opening up broadcasting. But what of Pirate TV? Well, our media watcher Terry reports that television piracy is relatively rare in the United Kingdom.

PBS Relives the Tumult of 1969

Posted on 13 Feb 2018 in Other

The communist daily Morning Star's pick of the television this week was PBS's screening of the documentary “Stonewall Uprising”, looking back at those heady nights of rioting in June 1969 which paved the way for the modern gay movement.

Kenny's Radio Partner Has Sea Scattering

Posted on 18 Aug 2017 in Other

The ashes of Dave Cash, the very literal straight man co-host to outrageous gay presenter Kenny Everett, have been scattered from the LV18 lightship off Harwich. Mr Cash died at seventy four late last year. The location for the ash scattering ceremony was chosen because it was close the anchora