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Kim David Smith & Bright Light Bright Light: Padam Butterfly – All the Lovers and Then Some
No question about it. Joe’s Pub in NY has the best cabaret acts ever. Especially queer ones. This June, they go one step further with PADAM BUTTERFLY: ALL THE LOVERS AND THEN SOME, combining two of Queerguru’s favorite performers. We first met Kim David Smith, originally from Australia and now a resident of NY …back…
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Manchester UK launches the inaugural TRUE PRIDE an exclusively queer-curated Pride festival of performance, film and community,
The list of Gay Prides that are being cancelled in the US this year due to the political sheganains and undisguised homophobia of some state administrations keeps growing. Only this week, DeSantis in Florida signed a Bill prohibiting public money from being spent on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The law bars preferential treatment…
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BBC TV’s SMOGGIE QUEENS : Brit drag humour at its very best : back for a 2nd Season
One of the sad side effects of the success of Ru Paul’s Drag Race is that the emphasis on excessively made-up, glittery queens has somewhat replaced the scrappy, cheaply dressed queens who succeeded on their somewhat vicious, quick wit and potty mouth/ They were/are the real drag icons/queens we love. For example, probably Queerguru’s favorite…
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Don’t Cry For Me My Yeshiva!
Of course, the title immediately grabbed our attention even though we knew it couldn’t possibly be Madge performing. Or even Eva. This bold, hilarious, and powerfully touching new show about a lifelong search for family, love, acceptance, and that elusive rainbow connection is created and performed by Joe Fox. It’s an autobiographical show in which…
