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Queerguru’s James Judd reviews THE HOLDOVERS a very worthy Academy Award contender
The Holdovers is the latest film from director Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election, Citizen Ruth) to mine the nitty gritty in human interaction, the small stuff that passes between people that mostly go unnoticed but can be life-altering. Payne’s films pride themselves on their low-key approach. There are no histrionics. Rarely are scenes of explosive…
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Can AN AVOCADO PIT a shortlisted film by trans filmmaker Ary Zara, and producer Elliot Page make OSCAR History ?
Academy Award acting nominee and the first openly trans man to appear on the cover of Time, Elliot Page is one of the creative forces behind AN AVOCADO PIT that has been shortlisted for a 2024 Academy® Award. The filmmaker Ary Zara is the first trans person to be considered for the Oscars’ Live…
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National Task Forces CREATING CHANGE the nation’s foremost political, leadership, and skills-building conference for the LGBTQ+ movement
Now more than ever our community so needs the work of the National LGBTQ+ Task Force in this rampant ant-homophobic political climate. Their key project is their annual CREATING CHANGE which is specifically the nation’s foremost political, leadership, and skills-building conference for the LGBTQ+ movement. It’s based on the reality that despite all…
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Atlanta’s OUTFRONT THEATRE kicks off the New Year with AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN
Out Front Theatre Company -Georgia’s only LGBTQIA+ professional theatre company stopped us in our tracks just with the title of the latest production AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN, The wake is for drag star Courtney Berringers (given name: Anthony Knighton) has recently died from complications due to AIDS. But even…
