Dealing with ‘loss’ is never ever that easy to accept and deal with even when its for icons like Dame Maggie Smith who reached the ripe old age of 89. However just following thwe announcement of her death this weeks comes news of the passing of Award winning Broadway star GAVIN CREEL aged … Continue reading
Alain Delon who died this week was acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century. Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and became an international sex symbol. Although totally heterosexual he became a symbolic icon for the the queer community which … Continue reading
The word ‘icon’ is bandied around so much these, but one queer man who was this, and so much more, is the legendary activist DAVID MIXNER. His death has just been announced and he will be a great loss in our community as he was a giant in the global struggle for LGBTQ+ rights … Continue reading
Claude Montana was the designer who defined the 80s with his exaggerated big shoulders that gave women tough semi-masculine silhouettes, has died aged 76. This was a major success and started the whole ‘power dressing‘ for women and and was at the peak of his career, but it didn’t bring his company … Continue reading
The world has just lost one of its brightest Broadway stars with the death of Chita Rivera aged 91. Chita …… real name Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson….. received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and a Drama League Award. She was also the first Latina and the first Latino American to receive … Continue reading