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Junction Magaine is looking for volunteer writers to join our growing community, people who can contribute at least once a month, as ongoing columnists, but one off articles will also be accepted. It does not matter where you are from, the UK, other European countries, the Americas, Africa, Caribbean, or Asia. Looking for news, reviews, and fiction: Books, Film, Art, Fashion, Sport, Fiction and more.

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Drama Queenz: A New Gay Webseries

Allow me to share my newest addiction. It's safe, fun, and the biggest side effect is a potential overdose of laughter.  Drama Queenz is a new webseries by writer/director Dane Joseph. The show is centered around the personal and professional lives of three black gay men living in a cramped apartment in Queens, New York with one common goal;making it big on Broadway. Drama Queenz can currently be seen on YouTube.

Closeted Girlfriends

indySecret Lover, let me be the first to tell you, if your girlfriend is in the closet, that’s where she’s going to stay until she makes up her mind to come out. The Ex, was in the closet too.  Well, she thought she was in the closet.  I say that because anyone who knows who The Ex is, knows that if you put me and her in a line up and asked a group of people to pick out the lesbian, let’s just say all eyes would be on her.  We tell ourselves many lies that we hold onto for dear life.  When I looked in the mirror I saw 150 pounds, when she looked in the mirror she saw herself as a fem of sorts.. Read More

The Ultimate Halloween Cruise 2012


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FROM NEW YORK CITY
Oct. 29th – November 6th, 2012
San Juan – St. Thomas – Grand Turk, Turks And Caicos Islands
More events – More people – Much fun

Departs from New York City, NY
Visiting – San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, USVI & Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos
CABINS based on Double Occupancy
8E Balcony – $1189.96 per person with travel protection or $1077.96 without Travel Protection
8C Balcony – $1166.96 per person with travel protection or $1057.96 without Travel Protection
8B Balcony – $1151.96 per person with travel protection or $1042.96 without Travel Protection
4C Interior – $892.96 per person with travel protection or $797.96 without Travel Protection
4B Interior – $887.96 per person with travel protection or $792.96 without Travel Protection

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imageILGA is the only worldwide federation campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex rights. Since 1978. ILGA’s aim is to work for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people and their liberation from all forms of discrimination. We seek to achieve this aim through the world-wide cooperation and mutual support of our members. Read More

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imageThe Black Inventor Online Museum™, is a look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation. Achievements by Black inventors can be seen as far back as ancient Africa but much of society has no idea that many of the products or devices that make their everyday lives more enjoyable are the result of the hard work and ingenuity of Blacks. The Black Inventor Online Museum ™, is the first of numerous educational/information web sites presented by Adscape International as a method for disseminating relevant and important information on topics that have often been overlooked in the traditional classroom. Visit The Forum

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