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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Stephen Coy reviews the memoir of the first ever LGBT candidate for US President
It seems a given that anyone running for high elected office must publish a memoir or treatise (sometimes both) that tells their personal story and policy perspectives. Pete Buttigieg is one of the youngest politicians on the national stage, receiving as much attention for his age as for the other aspects of his life.…
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Jonny Ward is enamoured with Pippa Winslow’s stand out performance in STRIKE UP THE BAND
Strike Up The Band ☆☆☆ Upstairs at the Gatehouse It has to be one of the more unusual topics for a musical: a quintessential American business magnate (making cheese – for comedy value!) manipulates the US Government into war with tiny neutral Switzerland in order to protect his profits. As the programme notes suggest…
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Two new Exhibits to celebrate our LGBTQ History
Since writing about Brooklyn Historical Society’s new Exhibit On The (Queer) Waterfront which traces 150 years of queer history in their Borough, we have come across another couple of US Museums who are curating very similar exhibitions. The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is currently planning Queer California: Untold Stories the first-of-its-kind that will…
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GIRL : Lukas Dhont’s Award Winning Cannes Debut
One of the best received feature film debuts at the Cannes Film Festival was Belgian writer/director Lukas Dhont whose film Girl picked up both Caméra d’Or award, for best first feature film, as well as the Queer Palm. It is the transitioning story of teenage Lala (Victor Polster) who has always dreamed of being a ballerina…
