AmosL
12-04-2007, 09:37 AM
“Bump!:The Ultimate Gay Travel Companion: Great Britain”
All Hail the Queens
Amos Lassen
Alluvial Filmworks’ “Bump!: Great Britain” takes queens to see the queen’s castle. Shannon McDonough takes viewers of the Canadian TV show now n DVD on an amazing trip to the British Isles by starting in Brighton, a seaside resort where we go to Brighton Pier and ride the rides at the carnival there before going shopping. Then we eat and go a summer palace and then to the museum to see the exhibit of gay and lesbian history.
Next on our tout is Manchester which seems like a small gay enclave replete with gay shops, bars, restaurants and hotels. Canal Street in Manchester is nothing like the Canal Street of my former city, New Orleans as here it lies at the heart of the gay part of town. Manchester is the host city of Gayfest and the Mr. Gay, United Kingdom was also held here, Manchester is home to a large number of gay guesthouses and each has a certain uniqueness.
The jewel in the crown of Great Britain is, of course, where the queen lives, London. London has a vibrant gay scene and we go to Buckingham Palace, Convent Garden and Piccadilly Circus. We finally arrive in Soho which is the gay section of town. Graham Norton, who hosts Britain’s most popular talk show shares his ideas about gay London and we get a history of Oscar Wilde before we go to exercise at a gay gym, visit gay guesthouses and then take a peek at the gay Mardi Gras. To end the tour we get to go shopping.
Here is a wonderful look at Britannia and shows us a London that few of us know.
All Hail the Queens
Amos Lassen
Alluvial Filmworks’ “Bump!: Great Britain” takes queens to see the queen’s castle. Shannon McDonough takes viewers of the Canadian TV show now n DVD on an amazing trip to the British Isles by starting in Brighton, a seaside resort where we go to Brighton Pier and ride the rides at the carnival there before going shopping. Then we eat and go a summer palace and then to the museum to see the exhibit of gay and lesbian history.
Next on our tout is Manchester which seems like a small gay enclave replete with gay shops, bars, restaurants and hotels. Canal Street in Manchester is nothing like the Canal Street of my former city, New Orleans as here it lies at the heart of the gay part of town. Manchester is the host city of Gayfest and the Mr. Gay, United Kingdom was also held here, Manchester is home to a large number of gay guesthouses and each has a certain uniqueness.
The jewel in the crown of Great Britain is, of course, where the queen lives, London. London has a vibrant gay scene and we go to Buckingham Palace, Convent Garden and Piccadilly Circus. We finally arrive in Soho which is the gay section of town. Graham Norton, who hosts Britain’s most popular talk show shares his ideas about gay London and we get a history of Oscar Wilde before we go to exercise at a gay gym, visit gay guesthouses and then take a peek at the gay Mardi Gras. To end the tour we get to go shopping.
Here is a wonderful look at Britannia and shows us a London that few of us know.