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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]…
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Queerguru’s Curated Curios ………. and News 06/26
MPs in Canada have passed a historic bill banning conversion therapy, while the US continues to drag its feet. On Tuesday (22 June), Canada’s House of Commons passed a comprehensive conversion therapy ban, which prohibits all conversion therapy for minors and conversion therapy for adults if it is against their will, while also banning anyone…
