2022
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews KevIn Hegge’s TRAMPS! a wonderful nostalgic trip to when British music was at its best
1977-1982 was arguably the most fertile period in British music history. I was at school then and almost everyone was into at least one of a complete soundclash of music genres – including punk, new wave, disco, soul, funk, heavy rock, mod, two-tone, early rap, hip hop, electronica, and the new romantic bands.…
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Fabio da Motta : a Brazilian artist who takes bondage to a whole different level
If you wanted to be coy about describing the work of Brazilian artist Fabio da Motta you would call it the art of Shibari. It’s actually the Japanese word for bondage which da Motta combines with ikebana (flower arrangement) to produce some extraordinary images with excite worldwide fetish-enthusiasts and art lovers alike. In a recent…
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Travis Alabanza brings their acclaimed performance piece BURGERZ to ArtsEmerson in Boston
Travis Alabanza is a London-based performance artist and describes himself as a theatre-maker, writer & general shit talker!. They are about to bring their smash hit solo performance BURGERZ to Boston’s Emerson Paramount Center. Created and performed by Alabanza, the piece explores how trans bodies survive and how, by reclaiming an act of violence,…
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Gateway Grinds : the history of the iconic London lesbian club
Most documentary films about our LGBTQ+ history focus on gay men, so it’s a refreshing change to come across one on the lesbian community. Especially when it’s about an iconic London bar that was such a groundbreaking establishment that would inspire other lesbian bars to open around the globe. The Gateways club situated in…
