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Royal Duke ‘comes out’ as gay
If you are one of those queers who think they really are a royal queen, then a wee glimmer of hope opened up this week. No, Harry is still with Meghan, we are talking about the first member of European Royalty to ever come out. Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern known officially…
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PETER HUJAR “one of the major American photographers of the late twentieth century” back in PTown
Night and Day will be a gallery-wide curated exhibition including 19 artists at opening on July 2nd 2021 at Ptown’s Albert Merola Gallery. Although not exclusively LGBTQ artists, it will feature work by John Waters, Jack Pierson, Lyle Ashton Harris, David Armstrong, Stephen Bron, and Matías Alvial among others. The last two being young…
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I Am What I Am : a new hot dance mix of the gay anthem
Pride Month may officially be coming to an end., but celebrating being Proud and Queer never will. No better way than this joyous new dance version of Jerry Herman’s ‘gay anthem” I AM WHAT I AM from the Tony Award-Winning Show La Cage Aux Folles Starring J. Harrison Ghee (“Kinky Boots” and “Mrs Doubtfire”) …
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JAMES BALDWIN Interview : never aired before!
Back in 1979 Joseph Lovett a very young producer at ABC’s 20/20 Program was assigned to film a profile on queer author James Baldwin. It was to tie in with the publication of Baldwin’s nineteenth novel Just Above My Head. Lovett was very excited to meet one of his heroes: “I had been reading [Baldwin]…
