culture
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Keeping love alive by adding another person is fraught with possibilties
Here TV’s LGBTQ drama series FALLING FOR ANGELS has been looking at every aspect of modern-day relationships that it finds in several very distinct neighborhoods of Los Angeles which have a significant gay community. They include Bel Air, Leimert Park, Boyle Heights, Koreatown, Malibu and Silver Lake. The latter one is the setting for Episode 5…
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Fabrio da Motta getting all tied up in knots
The Sao Paulo based Brazilian photographer Fabio da Motta has developed quite an affinity with ‘shibari’ which is an ancient Japanese artistic form of rope bondage. He has taken a series of very powerful images that explore bondage as an integral part of his compositions. His stunning body of work is very inspired by…
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The Trocs: Live on Stage or at Home on your Screen
Now Florida can see the legendary all-male ballet troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on stage and on the screen. This very talented American all-male drag ballet corps which parodies the conventions and clichés of romantic and classical ballet are on tour and playing at several venues in the State including the Adrienne Arsht Center…
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Under Cover: A Secret History of Cross Dressers
The French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz has had a lifetime fascination with men and women who refuse to conform to the strictures of gender roles. In fact, his Teddy Award-winning Documentary Film in 2013 Bambi, a profile of French entertainer Marie-Pierre Pruvot is one of the best transgender films ever made. Lifshitz also made a film and a book called Les…
