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  • Homphobia in Football is up 43%

    Homphobia in Football is up 43%

    After the World Cup there is a warm glow for the success of the event and global acclaim for football generally. It is, however, not as welcoming and all-encompassing as some would have us believe,   and the  LGBTQ+ football charity Kick It Out has shared that it received 203 reports of homophobia in the sport during 2025/26,…

  • Deb Perry : Whispers of the Wharf At the edge of land and sea  : new work @ The Commons, Provincetown

    Deb Perry : Whispers of the Wharf At the edge of land and sea : new work @ The Commons, Provincetown

    When you live on the tiny strip of (really quite gay) land at the very tip of Cape Cod, there are certain traditions that we all love to live by.  A very important weekly one is the Friday Night Gallery Walk. Provincetown is, after all, the oldest Art Colony in the US, and is still…

  • LGBTQIA+ Book-Banning Has Always Been a British Problem

    LGBTQIA+ Book-Banning Has Always Been a British Problem

    Reprinted from www.medium.com  by Emily Chudy As an LGBTQIA+ journalist, book-banning is nothing new to me; I’ve covered the topic extensively, interviewing authors and organisations like PEN America about how book-banning affects the LGBTQIA+ community and the campaigns to protect books against censorship. Throughout my writing, however, there’s always been one thing in common. The…

  • Artist Melissa Wilkinson returns to Provincetown with ‘AFTER IMAGE’ her new work at Studio Lacombe

    Artist Melissa Wilkinson returns to Provincetown with ‘AFTER IMAGE’ her new work at Studio Lacombe

    Queerguru first met watercolorist Melissa Wilkinson in December 2021 when she made  her debut appearance (as the sole queer woman) at Art Gaysel, Miami’s Queerest ArtFair  curated by Alex Guerra at Hotel Gaythering (see HERE).  We’ve been big fans of her work ever since  She creates watercolor paintings inspired by found imagery drawn from disco…