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KEITH HARING : A Radiant Legacy : a new Exhibit at Seattle’s MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE
We can think of no better way than to start the new year of an high than to go see the fab KEITH HARING Exhibit in Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture. Arguably the most accomplished and prominent American artist of the 1980s, Haring rewrote the rulebook for contemporary art during his tragically short ten-year…
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As we celebrate the New Year please remember the 350 trans men + women who’s lives were taken from them in this past year
At this time of year the media publish the lists of the great and famous who have died in the past 12 months …… including two Queerguru favorites : Dame Maggie Smith and Iris Apfel There is however sadly scant coverage of non-celebrities who lost their lives and were a crucial part of our…
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LGBTQ+ rights in the US are now under attack : this week we won a battle but we lost a battle too
This week Gov Newsom of California signed a new law that protects teachers from getting fired if they refuse to out trans students to their parents, suggesting instead that educators should focus on educating children rather than monitoring their sexual or gender identity. He had signed Assembly Bill 1955 back in July. The new law,…
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Queerguru reviews CONCLAVE a superb political thriller about the election of a new Pope
Conclave the political thriller about electing a new Pope seems the perfect film for our own religious mutt to watch and review on the second day of Hanukkah. This fictional story is based on the century’s old tradition of electing a new Pope when the current one dies. All the Catholic Cardinals from around…
