Provincetown has always nurtured a fine sense of community so when one of its own favorite sons died, the town turned out in force to give him the New Orleans style Funeral that he had asked for.
The Reverend James W. ‘Jim’ Cox , the Pastor of the United Methodist Church passed away Tuesday, September 10 at home aged 59. He was very involved in community and a number of causes, including the Soup Kitchen in Provincetown, the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, the Provincetown Swim for Life, and the Homeless Prevention Council, to name but a few.
Reverend Jim, as he was affectionately known, will be greatly missed by his family and friends. We hope he loved today’s Celebration of his life
American/Vietnamese filmmaker LEON LE’S heart-string-pulling story of a love that goes unconsummated is probably the first LGBTQ movie from Vietnam that we have ever seen. SONG LANG his debut feature film is an unexpected and very compelling love story between these previously rather confused young men who have found their potential soul mates in the most unlikely of circumstances.
It is also a love song to a Saigon long changed and the wonderful tradition of Cải Lương Opera which Le, a resident of California since he was a teenager, treats with the utmost respect and passion.
Queerguru spoke with Le about this remarkable love story which could be the start of a new genre of Vietnamese queer cinema
P.S. You can read Queerguru’s full review of the movie HERE
The annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival is a showcase for one of World’s most celebrated queer writers who spent many summers there creating some of his finest work and constantly falling in and out of love. Established 13 years ago , it was however QUEERGURU’s first time as it is held in the Fall when we have usually left Town.
This year’s Festival combined the work of Williams with that of the provocative Japanese writer Yukio Mishima who became a close friend of Williams as they shared the same esthetics.
Queerguru spoke with David Kaplan the Festival’s Curator to find out what it really is all about, and how it now plays to sold-out crowds at every performance and grew into becoming such a beloved #PTown cultural highlight
The Gay Rub is a project devoted to collecting rubbings from GLBTQ historical markers, signs, tombstones, cenotaphs, plaques, and monuments. Started by Steven Reigns an LA based poet and educator who now tours with an Exhibition of it , and which was filmed as a short documentary by Michael Saul.
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Provincetown has always nurtured a fine sense of community so when one of its own favorite sons died, the town turned out in force to give him the New Orleans style Funeral that he had asked for.
