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Iconic Broadway star CHITA RIVERA …..the original Anita in West Side Story and so much more… dies aged 91 . RIP
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…
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Farewell sweet Pee Wee : you will be so missed
So Farewell Pee Wee Herman aka Paul Reubens and thank you so much for all the years of sheer unfettered joy you gave us for all of those years. We will always remember Pee Wee’s childhood innocence and those fab suits with your big bow ties and that slew of catchphrases. Our favorite was…
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The trailblazing pioneering lesbian activist and filmmaker LILLI VINCENZ has died aged 85
Lilli Vincenz the German-born American trailblazing lesbian activist, filmmaker, and psychotherapist devoted to L.G.B.T.Q. issues has died aged 86. Vincenz was the first lesbian member of the Mattachine Society and served as the editor of the organization’s newsletter and then in 1969 along with Nancy Tucker created the independent newspaper, the Gay Blade, which later became…
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Queerguru’s Paris Editor Richard Gilles says ‘Adieu” to the fabulous JANE BIRKIN
Yesterday was a sad summer day in France as we lost our favorite English icon. Jane sang softly to us for the last time “Je t’aime” and we are all singing back to her “Nous non plus” with tears in our eyes. Thanks to her beauty, her freshness, her simple and relaxed manners, her childlike…
