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ELSKA : the fab. queer photo-zine celebrates its 8th Birthday looking back over some its fav. issues
This month Elska marks its eight-year anniversary. During this time the project has published forty-three beautiful print ‘bookazines’, each made in a different city and focused on sharing the bodies and voices of diverse men from LGBTQ communities around the world. The goal of Elska is two-fold. One is to transport readers to…
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ON THE INSIDE a group show of currently incarcerated LGBTQ+ artists comes to PTown Arts Society
In a nation that incarcerates more people than any other country in the world, LGBTQ prisoners face a greater risk of physical and sexual victimization. They are more likely to experience assault and abuse by corrections officers as well as other prisoners, and less likely to have support from family and friends on the…
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Yulia and Juliet : a modern day take on Shakespeare’s tragic love story starring two teenage girls
Shakespeare was barely 30 years old and at the start of his career when he wrote Romeo and Juliet his great tragedy about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. During his lifetime it proved to Shakespeare’s most popular play …. along with Hamlet, and it is still one of his most…
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‘Marking 50 Years of Gay Liberation Front in the UK with a photo exhibit ‘The Trailblazers of the Pride Movement’
On the 50th anniversary of the Sussex Gay Liberation Front in the UK, award-winning local photographer Chris Jepson unveils a compelling exhibition of new work – “Gay Liberation: The Trailblazers of the Pride Movement.” This evocative series of photographic portraits form part of his ongoing Identity Project and showcases the indomitable spirit of Gay…
