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Queer East Film Festival goes Online
Queer East is an annual Film Festival in London that showcases rarely seen LGBTQ+ cinema from East and Southeast Asia, echoing the city’s diverse voices. It’s a rare opportunity for queer audiences in the the UK to watch award-winning documentaries and short films, from emerging Asian filmmakers This year forced to change plans Queer East…
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The Secret Weekends at Casa Susanna
In the early 1960’s Susanna Valenti and her wife Marie ran Casa Susanna a popular weekend destination for cross-dressing men and transgender women. It was situated on a large private estate in the Catskills in NY in a town called Jewett where the two women also ran a wig store. Way ahead of its time Casa Susanna provided…
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What Have I (we) Done to Deserve This?
For Throwback Thursday we replay a song that we are thinking of adopting as our Covid 19 anthem. “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” is a song by English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, featuring singer Dusty Springfield. It was released in 1987 and went to No 2 in the UK & US Charts, it helped…
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Lyall Hakaraia Makes Your Mask
It’s not just queer performers who are struggling to make a living during the COVID 19 crisis, but also the brave souls that provide venues for them to perform LYALL HAKARAIA is the creative pioneer and driving force behind the burgeoning queer performance spaces in London’s EAST END. His club VFD is an exciting epicenter…
