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QUEERGURU”s Jonny Ward celebrates LONDON PRIDE and BLACK PRIDE too
There was standing room only this weekend as the two major LGBTQ events in London were rammed to the rafters, amongst their crowds was JONNY WARD a very excited QUEERGURU CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Estimates for Pride London put attendance at 1.5 million which is up by a whopping 50% on last year. A few years ago,…
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Will Renee Zellweger win over Judy Garland fans when she plays the gay icon?
For many gay men (of a certain age) 2019 is not just the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots but also the 50th Anniversary of the untimely death of one of the greatest ever gay icons Judy Garland. She died aged 47 in London on June 22nd 1969 on the verge of making another…
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The British Museum and its LGBTQ Tours
The British Museum in London was the first national public museum in the World. Founded in 1753 and the fact that it has nearly 6 million visitors a year now is not just due to its exceptional and unique collections and artifacts, but also because it continues to strive to stay relevant. Last week…
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Art After Stonewall 1969 – 1989 : an exhibit at the Leslie-Lohman Gallery
There is still a couple of weeks left to see the superb exhibit ART AFTER STONEWALL 1969-1989 at the Leslie Lohman Gallery in NY. 1969 is also the year that Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman held an exhibit of gay artists for the first time in their SoHo loft. This would eventually evolve into…
