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Jonny Woo and The Glory … East London’s most hallowed queer space ….have glorious plans for the Holiday Season
The aptly named ‘The Glory’ is a hallowed queer space in East London and a platform for forward-thinking queer entertainment, hosting everything from cabaret to performance to DJ night. Ever since it was opened in 2014 by drag queens Jonny Woo and John Sizzle alongside Colin Rothbart it’s been home to such fabulous events…
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When Harry Met Santa
The Norwegian Postal Service has produced the most wonderful gay television advert that not only celebrates Christmas but also the fact it is 50 years since the decriminalization of homosexuality in Norway. It depicts the developing relationship between Santa Claus and another older man, whom he visits each Christmas over several years. Eventually, the …
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How will the World react to Russia’s latest clampdown on the LGBTQ+ community labeling them ‘extremists”
The Russian Supreme Court held a four-hour session on Thursday behind closed doors to officially announce another major blow to the LGBTQ+ community. It was the result of a lawsuit brought by the Ministry of Justice who had decided ‘the activities of the international L.G.B.T.Q. movement had exhibited “various signs and manifestations of an…
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Provincetown’s Holly Folly : It’s Beginning to Feel Like Christmas
If you believe that life in PTown, the gay mecca of the. very tip of Cape Cod comes to a standstill when it empties out after Labor Day, you are so wrong. Christmas and the whole Holiday Season are far too queer for us to miss out, especially when the town is…
