Is your Instagram feed full of your friends baking cakes, muffins, banana bread… endless variations of banana bread? No? Just me? Well okay, but there’s a weird connection between the LGBTQ+ community and the calming, homely, carb-inflused art of “Sugar - Butter - Flour” (to quote the musical Waitress). And there’s something equally warm and... Continue Reading →
“I cannot sanction your buffoonery." That’s what Tommy Lee Jones reportedly said to Jim Carrey as they were about to make a Batman film together. It also neatly sums up the critical reaction to Joel Schumacher’s two Batman movies, Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). Subversive, camp, kinky - Joel Schumacher queered the... Continue Reading →
Sometimes you just need to read something totally light and fluffy to lift your mood, and The Love Left Behind by Australian author Daniel de Lorne is exactly that - a sugary tonic of romance and emotional drama. It may be full of empty calories but that’s the fun of it. Airline pilot Nick returns... Continue Reading →
A blockbuster list of names from the arts spanning the Atlantic are set to take part in Theatre Camp, an exclusive fundraising series of live interviews on Instagram starting today, Monday April 27th, @Brauhala, with Laura Osnes (6.30pm UK/1.30pm ET/10.30am PT, and Lindsay Heather Pearce (9pm UK/4pm ET/1pm PT). Matthew Lopez, Issac Cole Powell, Rachel... Continue Reading →
London’s Royal Academy of Arts is bringing Britain’s gay superstar contemporary artist, David Hockney, into your lockdown homes by releasing their Hockney exhibition documentary online for free. Originally released in cinemas, the David Hockney Exhibition on Screen film covers two landmark exhibitions at the RA, 2012’s A Bigger Picture, and 2016’s 82 Portraits and One... Continue Reading →
For many in our community isolation is a dangerous place, both physically and emotionally, with an increased risk of suicide, depression and abusive households. Artist Maxwell Fine has announced he will be donating a percentage of profits from the sale of his bold typographical prints and sculptures to UK's LGBT+ helpline Switchboard. "Almost every single... Continue Reading →
Between 2017-19 Los Angeles comic creator Sina Grace penned the adventures of Marvel’s Iceman. Over the course of two volumes, 15 individual issues, Grace led Iceman (aka Bobby Drake) through the process of finally coming to terms with his sexuality, dating men and embracing who he really is - and becoming Marvel Comics' most high... Continue Reading →
Many performers and artists are suffering with the worldwide lockdown, so the team behind the new musical theatre concept album Within Earshot: Anthems for the In-Between have announced that the first week of proceeds from the release through April 27th, will be donated to The Actors Fund. Within Earshot: Anthems for the In-Between is a... Continue Reading →
The power play and emotional stakes in Kai Kreuser’s Label Me linger in all the things that go unsaid. This heady little mix of sex, money, control, repression and expression may only be an hour long, but it delivers more than some films twice its length. A Syrian refugee in Germany, Waseem, turns to sex... Continue Reading →
