Valentine Road

On February 12th 2008 in E.O High School in Oxnard, a sleepy Californian beach town, one very troubled teenager took his anger out on one of his classmates and shot him in the back of the head twice at point blank. It was the middle of the day and the class were all together in … Continue reading

Vampir or Vampire : two queer tales in time for Halloween

  Queer Brit writer/director Bryon Fear is revisiting VAMPIR which he first produced in 1994 for the South London Theatre.  Its a physical theatre dance piece that explores the vampire myth as an allegory for homophobia.  A creature invented in folklore, given credence by religion and celebrated in the arts, emerges from the twisted shadows … Continue reading

VARIAÇÕES: GUARDIAN ANGEL : a queer Portuguese music Legend

  For some unknown reason it took over 10 years to bring this biopic of one of the most significant singers in Portuguese music history to the big screen. António Variações was a larger than life powerful and controversial figure of his time, but to most of us this will probably be the first we … Continue reading

Varichina-the true story of the fake life of Lorenzo de Santis

In the 1970’s Lorenzo de Santis was ‘the only gay in the village’ in Bari an economical depressed port town in Southern Italy. Well, he was the only known homosexual at that time, and by all accounts he was so openly flamboyant that he probably made up for the rest of them still hidden in … Continue reading

Various Voices 2023 : LGBTQ+ Choir Festival in Bologna Italy

      Little did we know until today about the very existence of VARIOUS VOICES  the most important LGBTQ+ choir festival in Europe that was founded some 35 years  It is a non-competition event that takes place every 4 years in a European city, chosen by the choirs who take part in Legato (European … Continue reading

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