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  • Dame Barbara Cartland : the very epitome of REAL Camp

    Dame Barbara Cartland : the very epitome of REAL Camp

      After the Met Gala debacle this week when so many B, C and D List Reality TV ‘Stars’ and Celeb’s (!) usurped the true meaning of the word CAMP which they interpreted as TRASHY, we look back at one of the real exponents of the art who never thought twice about it, as she…

  • Broadway Bares : Take Off

    Broadway Bares : Take Off

    The 29th Edition of the annual BROADWAY BARES this June has the theme TAKE OFF with its very own version of a Mile High Club The evening which is produced by and benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS promises to be raunchier than ever. Directed by choreographer Laya Barak for the 6th year, and executive produced…

  • DRAG:  Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business

    DRAG: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business

    We read somewhere that Frank DeCaro’s glorious new book which is one of the most comprehensive guides to Drag was meant for children to know its history.  Sorry kids its way too good for you. Journalist/Broadcaster DeCaro possesses a detail knowledge of the subject because he says he has always been a ‘drag hag.’  We…

  • London LGBT Homeless get its first ever Shelter

    London LGBT Homeless get its first ever Shelter

    London  LGBTQ Homeless Shelter has been given a permement home, complete with community centre, in a disused Fire Station in Shoreditch.  The Mayor Sadiq Khan pitched is some £50,000 to convert the 100 year old building which had been closed since 2014,  and which made it possible LGBTQ homelessness charity The Outside Project to proceed…