culture
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London is planning a gay old time for 2017
London is planning to have a gay old time in 2017 when it gets down to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Sexual Offences Act in July 1967, which partially decriminalized homosexuality in England and Wales. Asides from the two major Exhibitions that the Tate Gallery have planned i.e. the biggest ever…
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Cœur de Pirate singing from the heart
queerguru has only recently come across Beatrice Martin, better known by her stage name Coeur de Pirate, who is quite the pop sensation north of the border. She popped up on our radar earlier this year when she was so affected by the tragedy of the Pulse massacre, that she decided it was time she came…
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1960’s Greek Musicals are camper than Christmas
If you thought that Mamma Mia was the first ever campy Greek musical, then think again. According to our Arts Correspondent in Athen (!) they have happily churning them out since the 1960’s and now several of the best ones can be seen in whole, or part, on YouTube. queerguru has become somewhat addicted to them…
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Outburst : Ulster’s Queer Arts Festival shines again
Ulster aka Northern Ireland may be the very last part of the UK not to recognize same-sex marriage thanks to the intransigence of governing local political party, but its very vibrant LGBT community does have one of the best queer arts festivals in that part of the world. The 10th edition of OUTBURST is about to…
