Oscar Noms for LGBT characters all played by straight actors

  The  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards® yesterday and seven LGBT characters all by straight actors were included.  Nothing new in this as nearly 60 straight people have received Oscar nominations for LGBTQ roles to date, but meanwhile an out gay actor has never ever won.   Time … Continue reading

Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray will never die

  It may have been 130 years since Oscar Wilde’s classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published but the interest in never ever seems to dim.  Maybe Dorian’s obsession with his beauty never fading so that he agrees to sell his soul is what still resounds with us loudly. Definitely, Dorian pursuing … Continue reading

Oscar Wilde’s THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY gets a star studded production

I was always taught, and always teach, that drama occurs in the present tense – that theatre’s most valuable asset as a mode of storytelling lay in its presentation of the here and now, a story unfolding before you. This production/adaptation of Wilde’s classic novel makes the bold decision to deliver a retrospective narration: Dorian … Continue reading

OSCARS 2022 : the queer reasons to be happy and proud.

    It all started with the fabulous Wanda Sykes.  She alongside Oscar co-hosts Amy Schumer and Regina Hall got the crowd really warmed up by making reference to Florida’s infamous ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, Sykes said, “We’re going to have a great night tonight and for you people in Florida, we’re going to have … Continue reading

Otis and The Von Tramp Family are singing all the way to L.A. (and cycling too)

  Otis Morgan a gay nurse from San Francisco is one of 3000 cyclists in taking part again in the  AIDS/LifeCycle from his hometown to Los Angeles.  The ride is 545 miles and takes seven days and a helluva lot of stamina. Over the past eight years, he has raised a total of over $150,000 for the cause benefits the … Continue reading

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