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John Jarboe’s Rose : You Are Who You Eat
Word reaches us that John Jarboe, the artistic genius who is the founding artistic director of the totally fab BEARDED LADIES CABARET has a new personal queer take he wants to share with the world. ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT tells its story through original song, films and floral couture and is due…
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A Dozen Things I’d Rather Be
Structured around 13 spoken word poems, each describing a pivotal place in his life, this one man show from Nick Ishmael-Perkins – co-creator, writer and performer reveals truths about being black and gay in the Caribbean, Africa, and clubs at the heart of London. As he negotiates family dynamics, the African military and the…
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Derek Jarman ‘PROTEST” a major retrospective of the legendary queer artist @Manchester Art Gallery
It is so heartwarming to see all the attention still given to celebrate the life and work of the celebrated queer activist, filmmaker, and artist DEREK JARMAN who died of AIDS in 1994. Earlier this month Queerguru’s Ris Fatah gave a ☆☆☆☆☆ review to MARK FARRELLYs tour-de-force performance in his one-man play JARMAN. We also…
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Luxury fashion house BOTTEGA VENETA brings back BUTT Magazine
BUTT, the pocket-size magazine by, for, and about homosexuals Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom started in 2001 is BACK. BUTT also launched a website the same year the infamous pink periodical hit newsstands. In 2010, it was redesigned from the ground up to include a blog, an archive for the printed edition, a…
