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Married filmmakers Andy & Danny Valentine talk about THE MATTACHINE FAMILY a story about gay parenting
Danny Valentine and his husband Andy talked to Queerguru about their exceptional new movie THE MATTACHINE FAMILY. Named after the very first gay rights group, the film is based on their own experiences as a couple planning parenthood. Given the current contentious political climate, this story that explores contemporary queer parenting is both…
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The trailblazing pioneering lesbian activist and filmmaker LILLI VINCENZ has died aged 85
Lilli Vincenz the German-born American trailblazing lesbian activist, filmmaker, and psychotherapist devoted to L.G.B.T.Q. issues has died aged 86. Vincenz was the first lesbian member of the Mattachine Society and served as the editor of the organization’s newsletter and then in 1969 along with Nancy Tucker created the independent newspaper, the Gay Blade, which later became…
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‘THE AIRMALES’ the debut PTown solo-show of London based artist Georg Meyer Wiel
When Jonathan Hawkins and Paolo Martini the owners and artistic directors of The Crown and Anchor in Provincetown. were in London recently they made an important discovery. There in the prestigious Fitzrovia Gallery was a solo exhibition of the work of London-based queer German artist Georg Meyer Wiel. Over two decades ago Meyer-Wiel…
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Kings Head Theatre : QUEER FUTURES: A FESTIVAL OF THE NOW WHICH IS YET TO COME.
London’s Kings Head Theatre keeps reminding us of what an important source it is for such excellent queer theatre. This summer it invited 4 different LGBTQ artistic directors to curate new work as part of The Takeover : Queer Futures Project The Theatre is now about to start the final of the four seasons…
