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Gay Life in the 1950s’ Cherry Grove on Fire Island

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  The New-York Historical Society is about to launch an exhibit of  SAFE/HAVEN: GAY LIFE IN 1950s CHERRY GROVE.  This OUTDOOR photographic Exhibit will give an intimate look at one of the first gay beach towns in the United States.  It explores mid-20th-century gay life in Fire Island’s remote hamlet of Cherry Grove, located on … Continue reading



Ricky Martin : post-pandemic is hotter than ever

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  While most of us are whinging about post-Covid extra pounds, queer Latin singer Ricky Martin has got slimmer and hotter.  In a photoshoot for Schön! Magazine, the 49-year-old is sporting a blond beard and wearing a leather vest and has never ever looked better. The occasion is to promote his enw album, but the … Continue reading



Michael Clark : the British iconoclast who brought punk ballet to the masses : in Conversation with Les Child

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  Hailed as “British dance’s true iconoclast”,  the most notable of all his successes of queer Scottish choreographer Michael Clark who emerged in the 1980s as a prodigy at London’s Royal Ballet School, was bringing punk ballet to the masses.   The list of the people he has collaborated with since then reads like an inevitable … Continue reading



How many Joe Exotic ‘Tiger King” does the world really need? 

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  How many Joe Exotic ‘Tiger King” does the world really need?   The ‘real one’ became a household name in 2020 after  the phenomenal success of the Netflix series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Sadly (!) he ended up in jail for the failed murder plots to kill the (obnoxious) Carole Baskin of Big … Continue reading



The Sound of Identity : when Lucia Lucas made Don Giovanni soar

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  To mark the start of PRIDE MONTH on June 1st Shout Studios will be releasing one of the most uplifting  LGBTQ documentaries we have seen for a very time.  THE SOUND OF IDENTITY is the story of how Tobias Picker a remarkable queer composer who was the forward-thinking Artistic Director of Tulsa Opera House,  … Continue reading



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