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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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The number of LGBTQ+ politicians who head governments and/or countries is growing (albeit slowly)
Hot on the heels of the recent news that Andorra’s prime minister, Xavier Espot Zamora, has come out as gay, Greece is following suit. 35-year-old Greek-American businessman Stefanos Kasselakis was elected to lead the largest opposition party in Greece on Sunday, becoming the first out-gay leader of a political party in the country’s history…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews ‘Trompe L’Oeil’ a queer parody cabaret/musical at The Other Palace
Trompe L’Oeil ✩✩✩ The Other Palace Anarchic and already strangely anachronistic Trompe L’Oeil, (pronounced Trump Loyal) is a Cabaret-ish satire of the strange and unprecedented ascent of Trump to the highest office on earth. Written by Henry Parkman Briggs and performed at the Other Palace Trompe L’Oeil can only be described as surreal. Except…
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The Copla Musical : how a drag sensation, finds love… yet always struggles to merge her Spanish past with her American future.
The copla is a form of Spanish popular genre of risqué cabaret songs which had its heyday in the 1930s. The lyrics often feature marginalized characters, including prostitutes, sailors, escaped convicts, gypsies, and so on, and have themes based on the “illegitimacy of all relationships outside the recognized heterosexual marriage” (i.e., mistreated women,…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews BIRDER a nightmarish erotic thriller
Kristian (Michael Emery) was born in Texas, he is a handsome, rich, and unencumbered birdwatcher photographer visiting Lotus Cove, a nude queer campground by a lake in New Hampshire where clothing is optional. The camp was established by the Polk family as a trust to their late son who died in the AIDS holocaust…
