an appreciation
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David Hockney O.M., C.H. : one of the most influential artists of the 20/21 Century dies aged 88. RIP
Every morning in the QUEERGURU Office, we get to see this etching on our wall. It is from a series created in 1966 by David Hockney to illustrate 14 poems by the Greek poet C. P. Cavafy (1863 – 1933). Cavafy was one of the earliest modern authors to write about same-sex love and proved…
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BARNEY FRANK : liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights dies aged 86. An Appreciation. MAY HE REST IN POWER
When I was cop in Springfield, I was not rehired for being gay – in spite of numerous commendations. Shortly after, I got a letter from a congressman whom I had never met asking how he could help. He wanted to have coffee with me. That was the beginning of our 35-year friendship. Barney Frank…
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Miami loses a Musical Icon and one of its finest residents: MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
This week, Miami lost one of its finest. A Musical Icon whose enormous legacy was our first -class New World Symphony and the city’s Frank Gehry-designed Symphony Hall. This appreciation of MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS was written by local Emmy-nominated filmmaker and occasional Queerguru contributor Kareem Tabsch MTT as he was affectionately called, was a…
