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SHOWER : a short film about repressed sexuality
After being shortlisted for the prestigious IRIS Prize four years ago, this controversial Norwegian short film directed by Henry K. Norvalls has been playing the Film Festival circuit, but is now available to view free online for the first time. It’s a story about the consequences of repressed sexuality after a man overhears…
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What is LGBTQ art?
There is a wonderful new Course at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum next month which addresses the whole issue of what is LGBTQ art. It is a question that goes to the nature of art itself as well as LGBTQ identities and cultures. By using key objects in V&A’s rather magnificent collection, the course will…
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Man -Up Malcolm Turnball
The right-wing Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is trying to dodge the inevitability of making same-sex legal in his country by passing the buck. Instead of just passing a law that he has the power to do, he has set up a postal vote, which is informal and not regulated by any law. asking the…
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Paul Freeman’s Australian Working Men Exposed
According to Websters dictionary a ‘larrikan yakka’ is an Australian term for a ‘boisterous, often badly behaved young man who does hard physical work’. In this new superb book by acclaimed photographer PAUL FREEMAN these particular muscular rugged larrikans have just finished work and are in a state of undress presumably to start the…
