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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Bold Queer Poetry Soirée by Inkandescent in London
London queer book publisher Inkandescent serve up spirited spoken word with a side of film and music. Host Nathan Evans is joined by Keith Jarrett—writer, performer, educator, and UK Poetry Slam champion—Rick Dove—current Hammer & Tongue National Poetry Slam champion—and Stanley Iyanu—semi-finalist in the BBC Words First competition. Inkandescent was founded by Justin David…
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Queerguru reviews L.A. QueenCiañera ‘from harrowing to happy’ the life story of trans activist Bamby Salcedo
As this documentary starts to unfold, Bamby Salcedo explains why at the age of 50 she is about to have her own version of a quinceañera party. This is a Mexican traditional celebration that all girls have at the age of 15 to mark their coming of age and enter into womanhood. For…
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Drag Diva GINGER MINJ appearing ‘in’ Bars and ‘behind’ them
Ginger Minj is a plus-size diva drag queen currently making her PTown Debut with a month long engagement at the Art House Theater. Long before her appearances on DragRace Ginger could be found in wowing crowds in Hamburger Mary’s in her hometown of Orlando Florida. But since then she has been spending the past…
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Queerguru”s Andrew Hebden reviews Tell Me Straight …… ( and writes ‘settle for nothing less’)
Tell Me Straight ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre, London Tell Me Straight will sound off-putting to a lot of people. A play about a gay man who has a succession of hopeless relationships with straight men conjures up images of a self-loathing tragic character chasing the impossible, doomed to unhappiness because he would despise anyone who…
