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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Wanna Pucker Up with James Frederick?
James Frederick (one of) our favorite P Town artists has just released his latest very cute comic books. He has never admitted it to us but we think they are all auto-biographical and so hence in the middle of winter when the town is all but deserted his mind has wandered back to a…
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Iceland to bring some BDSM to Eurovision this year
In the 60 year history of the legendary (and extremely camp) Eurovision Contest most of the winning songs have been innocuous jolly pop-lite sing-along songs . Think Sandie Shaw and Puppet On A String,The Brotherhood of Man and Save All Your Kisses for Me , Lulu and Boom Bang-a-Bang (!), and even Abba and…
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Time For Ilhan
Norah Shapiro’s exhilarating documentary about the remarkable Somali/American woman who single-handedly is changing the face of politics in Minnesota for good, is one of those uplifting stories that restores one’s faith in humanity. Not an easy thing to do in this present debased and dangerous political climate. 37 year old Ilhan Omar immigrated to…
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Jonathan Kemp reviews ” Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran” at London’s Omnibus Theatre
Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran ☆☆ Omnibus Theatre I really, really wanted to like this. Great, I thought, once I’d read the blurb, a play exploring Iran’s queer subculture, about a boy who transforms every night into a beautiful woman. I was looking forward to it and invited a queer Iranian friend…
