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The Emphatically Queer Career of Artist Perkins Harnly and His Bohemian Friends

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Perkins Harnly is a forgotten outsider artist whose work is held but not displayed at the Met, the New York Public Library, and the Smithsonian. A self-taught artist with a wonderful feel for Victorian/Edwardian maximalist decor and clothing is now featured in a brand new book just out: The Emphatically Queer Career of Artist Perkins … Continue reading




Hugh Ryan: Brooklyn and the Birth of America’s Queer Life

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  When Historian, Curator, and Author HUGH RYAN  wrote WHEN BROOKLYN WAS QUEER, he found a thousand great images that couldn’t fit in the book. On Jan 16th, thanks to Oscar Wilde Tours, he’ll be showing them off and discussing “Brooklyn and the Birth of America’s Queer Life!”   Ryan will take you on a tour of … Continue reading



Anita Cocktail and her PTown Drag Family (etc) says Tis The Season for Giving

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  The extraordinarily talented Miss Anita Cocktail is not only one of the Headliners at the newly refurbished Post Office Cabaret in  PTown but she is also the Venue’s Grand Dame who rules the place with her (feathered) whip. She has played a major part in just one season helping establish the Cabaret Room as … Continue reading



Wild About Harry : a queer Cape Cod romance set in 1973

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  Everybody in Dennis, Cape Cod thinks that Harry Goodhart (Tate Donovan) is quite the catch. Harry, a handsome Englishman, has just moved to this seaside destination with his teenage daughters, Madeleine (Danielle Savre) and Daisy (Skye McCole Bartusiak). Madeline and Daisy, however, are determined to keep their recently widowed father away from the swarm … Continue reading



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