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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews CHRISTMAS GAIETY AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL with all the joys of the holiday seasaon
Christmas Gaiety ⚝⚝⚝ Royal Albert Hall There is no grander, more romantic concert venue in London than the Royal Albert Hall. Part Victorian Coliseum, part jewellery box, part meringue the biggest challenge for performers is that the building is often the star of the show. A Christmas Gaiety, conducted by Edwin Outwater with Mistress…
‘Filthy Gorgeous’ the story of Heklina & Trannyshack is the Opening Night Film at SF Queer Film Festival
Saturday, Aug 25th sees the opening of the 3rd Edition of SF QUEER FILM FEST a showcase of ground-breaking indie films by Queer filmmakers, selected on merit. Most appropriate is the Opening Night Film is FILTHY GORGEOUS which is a tribute to the late San Francisco Drag Icon Heklina. This documentary is directed by…
How GOOGLE went from Friends to Foes of the LGBTQ+ community
Looks like we are now adding GOOGLE to the list of FRIENDS WHO BECAME FOES of the LGBTQ+ community. They dropped their sponsorship of a drag show featuring Peaches Christ at Beaux gay bar in San Francisco, California. The reason they gave was ‘ hundreds of employees signed a fiery petition saying it violated…
Paying Tribute and saying Goodbye to the legendary Drag Queen/activist HEKLINA
The legendary and much-beloved drag queen Heklina (aka Stefan Grygelk) who was such a significant presence on the SF queer scene was actually part Icelandic. In fact, his drag name is named after the Icelandic volcano Hekla Heklina really came into her own she founded the drag club Trannyshack in 1996 and was a weekly…
