Chicago
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The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen opens in Chicago
The people of Chicago are in for a real theatrical treat as this is the next stop for creator/storyteller Les Kurkendaal-Barrett is bringing his one-man show The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen. We will confess that we had not heard of William Dorsey Swann, who was not just a leading…
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The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939 @ Wrightwood 659, Chicago
If you share QUEERGURU;s passion for queer history then in the next month you really should make tracks to WRIGHTWOOD 659 in Chicago to see their exhibit The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939. It examines for the first time the fascinating history of how homosexuals were cleaved from the rest of…
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Rome. Power. Queer Desire. Chicago Gets Scandalous Boy.
If we are all totally honest wth ourselves, there are very few gay men who wouldn’t like the whole idea of being with a scandalous boy. It is after all hardly a new concept as the one who is featured in a new play is about the intoxicating most famous queer relationship in Roman…
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Chicago’s Gerber + Hart Library presents Hal Shipman’s “Forbidden Love at the Desert’s Edge”
“Forbidden Love at the Desert’s Edge” presents Hal Shipman’s innovative photography-based work, inspired by found archives. The opening reception will feature an artist’s talk with Shipman and an opportunity to discuss family secrets, lost archives and the inspirations behind his works. The exhibit includes selections from the Gerber/Hart collections; featuring hidden stories, precious found artifacts and loves denied. Hal…
