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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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‘Think of Me When It Thunders’ an exhibition of works by Larry Stanton a talented queer portraitist from the 80’s
Larry Stanton was an American portrait artist in New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1980s whose work was championed by his peers such as David Hockney, Henry Geldzahler, and Ellsworth Kelly He was also one of the many talented queer men who died prematurely as a victim of the AIDS pandemic ….. he was just 37…
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Bye Bye Super Bowl ….. we should adopt DISCO FOOTBALL as our new National (Queer) Sport
Growing up in the chilly climes of the UK never warmed me to our Sports Teacher at school, who insisted we kick around a football ball on a damp, soggy field for what seemed like hours. And don’t even get me started on getting coated head to toe in mud for the glory of playing…
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Queerguru talks with Jonny Woo & John Sizzle : the iconic duo who have put East London’s queer underground on the map
Jonny Woo and John Sizzle are a charismatic pair who share such a passion and high-octane energy for making East London’s queer underground into such a magnetic bizarre wonderland that they truly deserve the icon status that has been bestowed on them. Both of them are drag queens, performance artists, DJs. promoters who have…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘PEACHES GOES BANANAS’ the story of an electro-clash rocker, feminist and queer icon
Peaches is the stage name of Canadian electro-clash rocker, feminist and queer icon, Merrill Nisker. She took the name from a Nina Simone song, Four Women, which ends in a scream “My name is Peaches!” Her most famous song Fuck the Pain Away was used in Sofia Coppola’s 2003 movie Lost in Translation as well…
