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Dear Straight People …..
If it hadn’t been for the fact Queerguru was reviewing Ahead Of The Curve a new documentary on the iconic queer activist Frances ‘Franco’ Stevens we may never have discovered the poet Denice Frohman. We may actually be a tad late to get in line to sing praises about her extraordinary work as the…
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What’s On The Other Side Of Queer Intimacy Gone Sour ?
How do these emotions collide during time spent alone in quarantine? When James opens a box of artifacts from his first breakup, after months of self-isolation during COVID-19, he reckons with memories that haunt him of a first queer love gone awry. This is Different Stars a new queer song cycle for four voices, composed…
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Queer Summers on Fire Island : captured by koitz
Queer Basque-American journalist and photographer koitz has published his first photography book titled ‘koitz Gay Fire Island”. The book chronicles his work over 14 summers in the two mostly LGBTQ+ communities of Fire Island: Cherry Grove and The Fire Island Pines, and it includes a Foreword by author Patrick Ryan and Introduction by curator Nicholas…
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Pride In London FIFTY TWO : celebrating queer art
Pride in London has mounted Fifty-Two, a digital exhibition featuring dynamic and thought-provoking work from a wide range of LGBT+ visual artists. Selected by a team of panellists and curated by queer-artist extraordinaire Dusty O, Fifty-Two brings together artworks from a variety of mediums to showcase the raw emotion and challenging stories at the heart of the queer…
