2019
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Jim Parsons & Greg Berlanti producing more Queer History
Queer producers Jim Parsons and Greg Berlanti have announced that they are going to make a new TV series called EQUAL that will profile some of the most important leaders and activists in the fight for LGBTQ rights. The four-part mini series for HBO will feature Harry Hay the founder of the Mattachine Society…
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Queen of Lapa : the story of Brazilian Trans Activist Luana Muniz
The Brazilian transgender activist Luana Muniz was considered such a fascinating character that her life has been the subject of no less that three documentaries. This latest one by Theodore Collatos, and Carolina Monnerat was completed just before Muniz died og a heart attack in 2017 aged 59. She was larger than life figure who…
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Daniel Lismore ‘a living work of art’ creates crystal clad costumes for the Opera
English National Opera’s Artistic Consultant Daniel Kramer who is staging a revival of Harrison Birtwistle’s iconic masterpiece THE MASK OF ORPHEUS had the inspired idea of inviting artist/designer Daniel Lismore to design the costumes. Lismore, once described by Vogue as ‘England’s most outrageous dresser‘ has used 400,000 Swarovski crystals so that each of the…
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Pain & Glory : tormented filmmaker must deal with his demons
The latest film from queer auteur Pedro Almodovar, Spain’s most influential award-winning filmmaker, sees him reunited with actor Antonio Banderas yet again, but also a very welcome return to a homoerotic theme that were so prevalent in his early work. This is the story of a successful but tormented filmmaker Salvador Mallo (played by…