The Mirror: Dr Miriam: GAY PASSION IN POST ROOM
I'M a gay man who has been living with my partner for six years and we're very happy. At least I thought so, until we went to a Christmas party at his office last week.For a while I couldn't find him, then I saw him coming out of the post room with a younger guy. He didn't see me and I haven't said anything but I keep thinking about it. It's making me snappy and grumpy with him but I couldn't live with it...
Gay Passion: 'PASSION' BRUTAL, POWERFUL
-- What: "The Passion of the Christ"-- Who: Directed by: Mel Gibson Starring: Jim Caviezel -- Rated: R, for nonstop brutality -- Should you go? It is a powerful, moving film, however children or adults sensitive to violence may find it hard to watch. *** 1/2 Powerful and upsetting, "The Passion of the Christ" is a movie about a Jesus who is, quite literally, dying to get up on that cross.Focusing on the idea that...
Gay Passion: A CROSS TO BEAR
The Truth or Consequences of Delmas Howe, Matt Sneddon, U.S.A., 95 minutes Anyone familiar with art in New Mexico knows who Delmas Howe is. He's the quiet man with glasses, graying hair, a welcoming manner, and a sweet smile, who earnestly and knowledgeably talks about the twin linchpins of his life: art and music.Born in 1935 in El Paso, Texas, Howe was brought up in the small, hot-springs New Mexico town of Truth or Consequences; studied at Wichita State University in Kansas;...
Gay Passion: Commentary: Gay marriage and why many gay people are not in a hurry to walk down the aisle
MADELEINE BRAND, host: And as we just heard from Tovia, this issue has stirred up passions both for and against. It's safe to say most gays and lesbians are in favor of gay marriage--or is it? Bob Morris, a columnist for The New York Times and a gay man living in New York, says he and his friends have another view.BOB MORRIS: Yeah, yeah, gay marriage is a civil right that everyone deserves. So how come so many same-sex couples I know are not rushing down the aisle? How come...
Gay Passion: The Guardian: Review: Theatre: Why Priestley belongs in the past: Dangerous Corner: Garrick Theatre, London
3/5
Do we really need to update JB Priestley? Jude Kelly made the mistake of doing it with Johnson Over Jordan; now Laurie Sansom has taken Priestley's famous first play from 1932 and set it among the present-day glitterati. And if it still works, it does so in spite of, rather than because of the transposition of period.What makes Dangerous Corner durable is Priestley's ingenuity. A group of high-fliers, here all part of a transatlantic publishing firm, are enjoying a...