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“WE SAY GAY!” Over 600 queer students to rally to denounce Florida’s hateful Bill
On Wednesday, March 16th at 9:45am over 600 LGBTQ and Allied students from across New York City and Long Island will hold the largest rally in the country to date to denounce Florida’s hateful “Don’t Say Gay Bill” at the LGBT Network’s 26th Annual LGBTQ Youth Conference at Citi Field – and show their support…
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The Vashti Ball: A Queer PURIM Party
Fair is foul and foul is fabulous. Purim is the ancient Jewish celebration of blurring the lines between villain and hero, male and female, & queer and straight. This Purim you are invited to the most fabulous bash in all the land. Welcome to the Vashti Ball, presented by JQY & Out at…
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Dame Shirley Bassey outshines all the stars at BAFTA Awards
Last night’s BAFTA Awards Ceremony in London’s Royal Albert Hall opened in such style. The star-studded audience of nominees and celebrities was greeted with a stunning performance by Dame Shirley Bassey belting out Diamonds are Forever to mark the 60th Anniversary of James Bond Films. The 85th-year-old diva showed the audience ….. that…
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Roger Casement : a gay Irish martyr or victim of a British forgery?
Sir Roger Casement, CMG, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist between 1911 and 1916, but was executed for treason during World War I. He worked for the British Foreign Office as a diplomat, becoming known as a humanitarian activist, and later as a poet and Easter Rising leader. Described as the “father of twentieth-century human rights investigations”, he was honored in…
