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Gay Tchaikovsky heading to the London stage.
Hershey Felder’s politically charged play with music, Our Great Tchaikovsky,will replace the previously announced London engagements of his Bernstein and Berlin plays.
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Sharing LGBT history in Connecticut.
A piece of history will be on display this month, and organizers hope the money raised will help establish the state’s first historic site focused primarily on presenting LGBTQ history. Connecticut Landmarks will hold a fundraiser on the 50-acre Palmer-Warner property in East Haddam which was home to preservation architect Frederic Palmer and his partner Howard Metzger from 1945 – 1971.
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Tom Ford – ‘Sleeping with men doesn’t make you gay’
Tom Ford has said he hates the word ‘masculine’ and insists that sleeping with men doesn’t make you gay in a provocative new interview. Amid another wildly successful yet chaotic New York Fashion Week, the ageless style icon, 56, talked about his new line and how both fashion and sexuality have grown more fluid.
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The Broadway buzz is all about the LGBT shows.
This summer brought many queer diversions to the New York stage, but now it’s time to get serious, theatergoers. Mark your calendars for these 10 buzzworthy Broadway and off-Broadway shows with special LGBT interest.
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30 years of LGBT films in Austin.
Long before South By Southwest and Austin Film Festival stepped out on the Austin festival scene, a film movement focused on LGBTQ issues arose in a small theater on the UT campus. Today, the short movie series that drew lines outside the doors of Dobie Theater on move-in weekend has come to be known as the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival — one of the longest-running cinema festivals in the city.
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Toronto film festival – Leading the way for LGBT films.
“Moonlight” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival exactly one year ago, followed by a bow in Toronto before making history by winning Best Picture in one of the most exciting Academy Awards ceremonies of all time. While “Moonlight” may have opened more doors for black filmmakers than for queer ones, the film’s central themes of identity, masculinity, and sexuality were firmly rooted in queerness.
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LGBT film festival – Long Beach – Qfilms
Queer cinema reached peak visibility at the 89th Academy Awards when Barry Jenkins’ film Moonlight won for Best Picture. The film, which details the adolescent and adult lives of a young, black gay man, carries the distinction of being the first LGBT movie to win Best Picture and is clearly a turning point for more LGBT filmmakers to find wider representation in Hollywood.