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  • The discreet gay men of Dhaka, Bangladesh

    The discreet gay men of Dhaka, Bangladesh

      On the surface of it the choice of Dhaka , Bangladesh to be the next city featured in ELSKA the leading LGBTQ photographic bookzine seems a very odd decision to say the least.  The rights of the local LGBTQ community  ights are heavily suppressed  and homosexuality is still illegal in the Country     The…

  • Jonny Ward’s ☆☆☆☆☆  review of the revival of Philip Ridley’s masterpiece VINCENT RIVER

    Jonny Ward’s ☆☆☆☆☆ review of the revival of Philip Ridley’s masterpiece VINCENT RIVER

      VINCENT RIVER  ☆☆☆☆☆ TRAFALGAR STUDIOS, LONDON This is a must-see, muscular revival of a play first performed at the Hampstead Theatre back in 2000. Philip Ridley’s masterpiece has lost none of its explosive power with this production which is directed by Robert Chevara with great clarity and an unbroken line of tension from curtain…

  • Gingzilla : She’s A Lady

    Gingzilla : She’s A Lady

    Gingzilla is a  7ft ginger beard  Australian GLAMONSTER  an award Winning International Cabaret and Performance Artist. Last year she shocked Simon Cowell with her dynamite performance on the UK’s The X Factor. Now she is about to face the usually stony faced Cowell  again this week when she appears on NBC’ America’s Got Talent. In…

  • Turn Back Time : The Queen of Lincoln Road, Miami

    Turn Back Time : The Queen of Lincoln Road, Miami

    There are many members of the LGBTQ community in Miami Beach who would love to claim this title for themselves but there was, and will always be, only one Queen of Lincoln Road. The diminutive IRENE WILLIAMS cut quite a figure for about 40 years wearing her home designed and made outfits in an array…