Weekend plans?
Hello to you and hello to the long weekend.
It's not looking like too much of a scorcher so you might be glad of our #QueerlyLoves recommendations below as a source of indoor entertainment.
The Brunch is also back on Sunday morning at 10am with a Best of The Guests special featuring highlights from all of our interviews over the series so far and some great pop tunes. Don't miss it on queerlyradio.com, TuneIn and loads of other internetty radio places.
On Sunday 9th May, it is The Brunch's Official 1st Birthday Party and we want you to celebrate with us! If you would like to come on the show email thebrunch@queerlyradio.com or you can leave us a voice message and song request at hello.queerlyradio.com
Wonderful. Let's get on with it shall we?!
Queerly News
Comedian Hannah Gadsby Secretly Got Married — www.out.com
Comedian Hannah Gadsby, known for her Netflix specials like Nanette and Douglas, and “producer extraordinaire” Jenney Shamash have got married. Gadsby made the cute ice cream-based reveal on Instagram.
Ryan O'Connell navigates love and Leslie Jordan in 'Special' season 2 trailer — ew.com
Special, inspired by O'Connell's experience living as a gay man with cerebral palsy, follows his character Ryan, who's still dealing with the heartaches of love and "inspiration porn" heading into season 2.
Elliot Page breaks down in tears during Oprah interview — attitude.co.uk
The Juno star broke down in tears of joy during an on-camera interview with Oprah Winfrey for Apple TV+ to discuss their gender transition. The Oscar-nominated actor came out as trans in an Instagram post last year.
"I’m the wee lesbian!" How Derry Girls helped me accept myself — www.gaytimes.co.uk Sar Gwynne, an ambassador for LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us, reveals how Derry Girls helped her come to terms with her sexuality.
“Together Together” Is Unintentionally Queer Cinema At Its Best — www.them.us
Writer-director Nicole Beckwith didn’t set out to make an LGBTQ+ film, but she made one anyway. Her sophomore feature tells the story of Anna (Patti Harrison), a 26-year-old loner who’s hired as a gestational surrogate for Matt (Ed Helms), a single, 40-something app developer who desperately wants to be a father.
The Brunch
Stu Oakley & Lotte Jeffs from Some Families — play.acast.com
Stu Oakley and Lotte Jeffs from queer parenting podcast Some Families join Rob & The GDC for The Brunch. We also discuss our own futures as potential queer parents, the show's upcoming first birthday special and some very interesting rumours about Doctor Who.
#QueerlyLoves
Your bank holiday entertainment sorted courtesy of Rob & The GDC. #QueerlyLoves will be back on The Brunch next Sunday.
Rob
📺 Mare of Easttown (HBO/Sky Atlantic) — www.sky.com
A small town Pennsylvania detective Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet) investigates a local murder whilst she is stricken with grief following her son’s suicide. Sheehan tries to find normality in her own life but her pain leads her to develop an obsession with cases of missing and murdered girls. With rumours flying, how will this affect her pursuit of the killer?
🎧 Homo Sapiens — play.acast.com
Homo Sapiens is the smash-hit podcast where queer people talk about life. Each week Alan Cumming & Chris Sweeney bring you intelligent, informative and fun conversations that represent the interests of LGBTQ+ people around the world. New episodes every Thursday.
📚 All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson — uk.bookshop.org
This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer. The stories wrestle with triumph and tragedy and cover topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, inequality, consent, and Black joy.
Rob's Record of the Week
The GDC
🎥 Nomadland — www.disneyplus.com
The Oscar-winner for Best Picture, Director and Actress is out today on Disney+ in the UK. Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad.
🎭 Lights Up: Harm — www.bbc.co.uk
When a lonely estate agent sells a house to Alice, a charismatic social media influencer, the two strike up an unlikely friendship. But as her obsession with Alice’s seemingly perfect world intensifies, the lines between the online world and reality become dangerously blurred. A razor-sharp, twisted comedy that explores the corrosive effects of social media and isolation. This was supposed to be a one woman show at the Bush Theatre in London but was cancelled because of lockdown so the team filmed this instead.
🎧 Life Changing — www.bbc.co.uk
In this series Jane Garvey talks to people who have lived through extraordinary events that have set their lives on an entirely different course. This podcast is all about the human experience, how people deal with obstacles that turn their lives upside down. The journeys are not always straightforward and there are often some remarkable discoveries along the way.
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