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The legendary queer Drag Venue in London THE BLACK CAP reopens after being closed for 11 years
Queerguru loves to share good news, especially at a time like this, with so much political uncertainty that is aimed at our community. In London this weekend, one of the oldest gay pubs has reopened after it was forced to close suddenly 11 years ago. The Black Cap in Camden has been hosting cabaret and…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Catherine Opie – To Be Seen, an exhibition of the artist’s remarkable portraiture, now on at London’s National Portrait Gallery.
Queer America is under attack at the moment, so the representation of LGBTQ American lives is more important than ever. It’s therefore ideal timing for Catherine Opie’s first major UK museum show, To Be Seen, which is now on at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Since she launched her career in the late 1980s, queer representation…
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Martin Sherman.s memoir ‘ON THE BOARDWALK’ is shortlisted for a prestigious LAMBDA AWARD
Like most of QUEERGURU’s (wonderfully talented) team, Justin David, one of our newest newbie writers, wears many hats. (Probably many dresses too, but that’s a story for another time) Justin is one half of INKANDESCENT, a publishing venture with a commitment to ideas, subjects, and voices underrepresented by mainstream publishing. He and partner Nathan Evans…
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Category is Macbeth : Tuckshop’s prodcution of an all new Drag Macbeth opens in London
In Shakespeare’s day, it was the norm for all the female parts in his plays to be played by men …..and here we are some 400 years later and the practice is being revived with a drag version of Macbeth. Good choice when you think about it as after all Macbeth is a Shakespearean tragedy…
