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Revisiting JULIAN AND SANDY the original gay genius icons of camp humor
To every British gay man of ‘a certain age’ Julian and Sandy were the very first gay icons that were worshipped even though their fame in 1965 – 1968 was a whole year before homosexuality was legalized. They were characters in the BBC radio comedy program Round the Horne that were beamed into all our homes…
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The trailblazing pioneering lesbian activist and filmmaker LILLI VINCENZ has died aged 85
Lilli Vincenz the German-born American trailblazing lesbian activist, filmmaker, and psychotherapist devoted to L.G.B.T.Q. issues has died aged 86. Vincenz was the first lesbian member of the Mattachine Society and served as the editor of the organization’s newsletter and then in 1969 along with Nancy Tucker created the independent newspaper, the Gay Blade, which later became…
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‘THE AIRMALES’ the debut PTown solo-show of London based artist Georg Meyer Wiel
When Jonathan Hawkins and Paolo Martini the owners and artistic directors of The Crown and Anchor in Provincetown. were in London recently they made an important discovery. There in the prestigious Fitzrovia Gallery was a solo exhibition of the work of London-based queer German artist Georg Meyer Wiel. Over two decades ago Meyer-Wiel…
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Kings Head Theatre : QUEER FUTURES: A FESTIVAL OF THE NOW WHICH IS YET TO COME.
London’s Kings Head Theatre keeps reminding us of what an important source it is for such excellent queer theatre. This summer it invited 4 different LGBTQ artistic directors to curate new work as part of The Takeover : Queer Futures Project The Theatre is now about to start the final of the four seasons…
