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Trans country singer Brody Ray is Standing In The Light
Country singer Brody Ray told the judges on America’s Got Talent that he had chosen to perform the song “Stand in the Light” by Jordan Smith because it applies to his life, “overcoming struggles and battles.” When an intrigued Howie Mandel asked what struggles in particular that he had to overcome, an unhesitating Ray answered “I actually was…
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Jake Graf on Cyber-Bullying within the LGBTQ Community
Brit trans filmmaker (and newly married husband) Jake Graf has always used his art to pursue his activism too, and he’s been extremely successful at it. Last year his 4-minute short HEADSPACE about the everyday traumas the trans community face went viral on YouTube and was viewed some 13-7 million times. Also from 2017 his movie DUSK which is…
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Eli Lieb sings When You Need a Friend
One of Queerguru’s favorite out gay singer/songwriters, Eli Lieb went back to his Fairfield Iowa to talk to the kids at his old High School after a 14-year trans boy who was a pupil there took his own life. He talked about the support that was available to them nowadays if they ever felt stress or pressure…
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Stephen Coy reviews LONDON TRIPTYCH by JONATHAN KEMP a book he feels really deserves more attention
True to its title, this novel traffics in threes. Alternating between three periods, with three main characters, it proceeds in chapters devoted to each. Jack’s story begins in the 1890s, Colin in the 1950s and David in the 1980s. Not until very late in the novel do you learn all of the connections among the…
