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POLARI : the UK’s award winning queer literary Salon goes to Manchester
Polari is an Award-winning LGBTQ+ literary salon, in London established in 2007 by author Paul Burston, with guest writers and performers. It won ‘LGBT Cultural Event of the Year’ in the Co-op Respect ‘Loved By You’ Awards 2013 and a Golden Kitty Award from Lesbian Lounge. Described by The Huffington Post as “the most…
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Beautiful People: The Boutique in the 1960s Counter Culture
A unique exhibition has just opened at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London’s East End. The museum was started by designer Zandra Rhodes, a product of the ’60s and still going strong today, with the latest collaboration for Ikea. The museum’s striking exterior was the concept of renowned Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta. Since…
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Marc Martin : HANDSOME LIAR (NSFW)
Four years we came across a remarkable queer French artist called Marc Martin whose Exhibition ‘Public Toilets, Private Affairs’ was opening at Berlin’s LGBT Schwules Museum. He was bringing the topic of ‘cottaging ” right out into the open with this exhibition book that was almost like a celebration of this illicit activity. He had…
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Final Week to catch Kusama’s stunning Cosmic Nature at NYBG
There is just one week left to enjoy the stunning monumental floral sculptures of the genius Japanese artist Yoyal Kusama. Her large scale signature polka dot installations are on view in the New York Botanical Gardens ….. a perfect place to display and view her iconic work. The spotted pumpkins and psychedelic flowers…
