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Wanna Pucker Up with James Frederick?
James Frederick (one of) our favorite P Town artists has just released his latest very cute comic books. He has never admitted it to us but we think they are all auto-biographical and so hence in the middle of winter when the town is all but deserted his mind has wandered back to a…
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Iceland to bring some BDSM to Eurovision this year
In the 60 year history of the legendary (and extremely camp) Eurovision Contest most of the winning songs have been innocuous jolly pop-lite sing-along songs . Think Sandie Shaw and Puppet On A String,The Brotherhood of Man and Save All Your Kisses for Me , Lulu and Boom Bang-a-Bang (!), and even Abba and…
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Jonathan Kemp reviews ” Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran” at London’s Omnibus Theatre
Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran ☆☆ Omnibus Theatre I really, really wanted to like this. Great, I thought, once I’d read the blurb, a play exploring Iran’s queer subculture, about a boy who transforms every night into a beautiful woman. I was looking forward to it and invited a queer Iranian friend…
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Chase Johnsey on being the first gender-fluid ballerina at English National Ballet
The American ballet dancer Chase Johnsey who identifies as gender-fluid but still prefers male pronouns is making waves as the first dancer to be accepted into the Corps de Ballet of an international Ballet Company. Up to signing his new contract Johnsey had been a member of the legendary all male Les Ballets Trocodero…
