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RuPaul’s Drag Race season 1 winner and All Stars 3 favorite BeBe Zahara Benet is the brains (and beauty) behind NUBIA a brand new Show in Brooklyn NY starring six of the most celebrated queens in drag herstory with a first-ever all-Black cast. She’ll be joined by Bob the Drag Queen, Monique Heart, Peppermint, Shea Couleé…
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The Booksellers : a glimpse into a genteel world that maybe disappearing
According to most of the people featured in this new documentary the world of antiquarian bookselling is gently standing by watching its own demise. Everyone involved may have a different opinion on its potential survival, but they are all unanimous in who/what is to blame i.e. the internet. In New York from the 1890s to…
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The future is still so frightening and often deadly for Russian and Chechnyan LGBTQ
Today President Putin re-affirmed that Russia would never allow same-sex marriages : this coming a few days after another gay couple were brutally beaten by Authorities under the so called Propaganda Law. The Law was passed “for the Purpose of Protecting Children from Information Advocating for a Denial of Traditional Family Values” but the…
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Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews Two Fest 2020 a series of two-handed plays
Two Fest 2020 (programme B) ☆☆☆ The Space, London It’s a novel idea: take a selection of the best in up and coming playwrights; set the brief that it should be short two-handed plays only; then create a festival of spikey, fun and thoughtful new writing across three densely packed programmes; Voila! Two Fest!…
