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Queerguru’s JONATHAN KEMP is less than impressed with BATLAVA LAKE the latest novel from Adam Mars-Jones
I’ve been a huge fan of Mars-Jones’s work since I read his first book, The Lantern Lectures, back in the mid-eighties, followed by the shared collection of HIV/AIDS stories with Edmund White, A Darker Proof; and the first novel, The Waters of Thirst. In 1983 he edited a wonderful anthology of queer fiction entitled, Mae…
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David Wojnarowicz TIDAL MOTION : a Pop Up In PTown
Today, June 25th, 2021, sees a new Pop Up in Ptown. At 446 Commercial Street NY’s P.P.O.W Gallery and Joe Sheftel are presenting TIDAL MOTION a summer-long exhibit featuring a solo presentation of paintings, collages, stencils, prints, and photographs by David Wojnarowicz. Each week, Wojnarowicz’s work will be in conversation with contemporary artists, including…
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The definition of Two-Spirit and the traditions behind it
Two-Spirit is a modern, pan-Indian, umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people in their communities who fulfill a traditional third-gender (or other gender-variant) ceremonial and social role in their cultures. The term was created in 1990 at the Indigenous LGBTQ international gathering in Winnipeg, and “specifically chosen to distinguish and distance Native American/First Nations people from non-Native peoples.” The…
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Todd Stephens & Eric Eisenbrey on the joy of working with veteran queer star Udo Kier
Queer filmmaker Todd Stephens revisits his hometown of #SanduskyOhio for the 3rd in a series of semi-autobiographical tales. The first being Edge of Seventeen 1998, followed by Gypsy 83 in 2001. Now he and producer Eric Eisenbrey talked to QUEERGURU about their comedy/drama Swan Song and its stunning award-worthy performance by legendary actor Udo…
