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University of Montana professor discusses new novel about gay witch hunt in Boise

University of Montana professor discusses new novel about gay witch hunt in Boise | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
In his new novel The Monkey Cages, author and University of Montana professor Casey Charles takes on a taboo subject, love between an adult and teenager.
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‘The Word Love Comes to Mind’

Six gay and lesbian employees of Serino Coyne talk about Pride, and joy

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Kandy: Love Letter To The LGBTQ Community

Kandy: Love Letter To The LGBTQ Community | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
For Gay Pride Month, Billboard asked numerous pop culture luminaries to write 'love letters' to the LGBTQ community.
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Boy George talks fame, the term ‘LGBTQ,’ being an ’80s pop torchbearer and more

Boy George talks fame, the term ‘LGBTQ,’ being an ’80s pop torchbearer and more | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

It'll still be June when Boy George arrives in Florida this week to kick off a summer U.S. tour with Culture Club. But the LGBTQ icon says it won't feel quite like a Pride parade.

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Dr. Tim Seelig, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Artistic Director, Guest Conducts The Mormon

Dr. Tim Seelig, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Artistic Director, Guest Conducts The Mormon | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Last night in front of approximately 2,400 concertgoers, Dr. Tim Seelig, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC), served as guest conductor at the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Seelig stepped onto the conductor's podium to lead the Choir and Orchestra in the encore number, "This Land Is Your Land." The Choir traditionally invites a guest conductor who is well known to the community—from musicians and government officials to religious leaders and celebrities—at each of its concert stops.

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Review: In ‘Log Cabin,’ It’s Gay vs. Trans as the Rainbow Crumbles

Review: In ‘Log Cabin,’ It’s Gay vs. Trans as the Rainbow Crumbles | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A quippy Jesse Tyler Ferguson stars in Jordan Harrison’s shapeless look at what happens when the LGBT alliance starts to turn on itself.

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Final Bow: Justin Mortelliti and Julius Anthony Rubio, the Gay Couple from Escape to Margaritaville

Final Bow: Justin Mortelliti and Julius Anthony Rubio, the Gay Couple from Escape to Margaritaville | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The Jimmy Buffett musical has the most fully realized ensemble characters on Broadway.
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K-pop's first openly gay star Holland on being a role model

K-pop's first openly gay star Holland on being a role model | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
In an intimate film, the Dazed 100er explains why he wants to bring LGBTQ representation to the Korean mainstream
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In One City, 2,000 Years of Gay History

In One City, 2,000 Years of Gay History | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Peter Ackroyd’s “Queer City” is an enticingly dishy and detailed tour of gay life in London, from the Roman era all the way through to the present.
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The Summer’s Most Hilarious, One-of-a-Kind Comedy Event ’OUT on Stage’ Will Be Coming Out in Movie

The Summer’s Most Hilarious, One-of-a-Kind Comedy Event ’OUT on Stage’ Will Be Coming Out in Movie | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

This summer, moviegoers can expect a rowdy, raucous good time with the feature-length comedy event "OUT on Stage," which will be screened in cinemas across the country for a one-night event on Tuesday, July 24. Hosted by comedian Zach Noe Towers, the event contains 90 minutes of laugh-out-loud content from a lineup of renowned gay and lesbian stand-up comedians, including Brendan Scannel, A.B. Cassidy and Janine Brito.

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PBS’ ‘Man in an Orange Shirt’ movingly explores challenges, changes of gay life across the decades

Robert Lloyd reviews Patrick Gale's "Man in an Orange Shirt," in which two love stories, set decades apart, reflect the changes and ongoing challenges of same-sex relationships in 20th and 21st-century Britain.
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LGBTQ Artists on Their Pride Inspirations

LGBTQ Artists on Their Pride Inspirations | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
LGBTQ artists reveal who they are inspired by, turned on by and listening to.
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Burning Bright: Torch Songs on Pride Weekend

Burning Bright: Torch Songs on Pride Weekend | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A Drag Cabaret Benefitting the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus - FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Burning Bright: Torch Songs on Pride Weekend. An evening of Pride, love, desire and song hosted by Mama Mela and Ellia J. Garlands. These drag queens will be reinterpreting what a Torch Song is and means in 2018 through a uniquely queer lens. Under the musical direction of James Horan, the talented cast also includes PhilEsha De Lox, Gigi St. Croix and the newly crowned Miss Gay United States, Aaliyah Martinez. Also joining the cast is a very special guest: NYC pop recording artist & transgender superstar, Mila Jam! There’s no better way to live out loud this Pride than with the queens of the NEW YORK CITY GAY MEN’S CHORUS!

Destiny Acevedo's curator insight, January 27, 2019 9:56 PM
New York is huge of pride and bringing everyone together and this event is a perfect example is the two. 
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Calum Scott: Love Letter To The LGBTQ Community

Calum Scott: Love Letter To The LGBTQ Community | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
For Gay Pride Month, Billboard asked numerous pop culture luminaries to write 'love letters' to the LGBTQ community.
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Gay Country Artist Chase Sansing Covers Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie’s “We Are the World” to Raise Awareness of Homelessness in Nashville

Gay Country Artist Chase Sansing Covers Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie’s “We Are the World” to Raise Awareness of Homelessness in Nashville | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Rising young country artist Chase Sansing has released a music video to raise awareness of homelessness in Nashville. The remake of Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie’s mega-hit “We Are the World” w…
Craig Powers's curator insight, July 20, 2018 9:07 AM
Raising awareness for the human race in 2018!
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Steven Coogan and Paul Rudd enliven gay adoption comedy 'Ideal Home'

Equal parts sweet and tart, director Andrew Fleming’s “Ideal Home” is the cinematic equivalent of Sour Patch Kids.
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For Gay Pride, Dark Dances of Mystery, Anguish and Desire

For Gay Pride, Dark Dances of Mystery, Anguish and Desire | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Madboots Dance, Sean Dorsey Dance and Ishmael Houston-Jones offered dark, often beautiful works of queer dance theater for Pride month.
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Who is Holland? 5 things about K-pop’s first openly gay idol you should know

Who is Holland? 5 things about K-pop’s first openly gay idol you should know | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Holland, 22, whose debut song, ‘Neverland’ has been seen 9 million times, talks about ‘first love’, being gay ‘role model’ and bullying after coming out at school
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Recent cinema passing as queer is anything but.

Recent cinema passing as queer is anything but. | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
We’re giving up our dissident heritage for normal and nice.
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Hayley Kiyoko, Troye Sivan, and the New Age of Queer Pop

Hayley Kiyoko, Troye Sivan, and the New Age of Queer Pop | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The next generation of LGBTQ pop artists knows what it stands for. And when you’re producing songs people have been waiting a long time to hear, word spreads fast.
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Why are there no superstar gay male stand-ups?

Why are there no superstar gay male stand-ups? | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
While many comics should be household names – Scott Thompson, James Adomian and Guy Branum, for starters – the gay community would rather line up for an eighth-place Drag Race queen than see one of them
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SoundCloud Creates Its First Ever Pride Artist Curated Playlist

SoundCloud Creates Its First Ever Pride Artist Curated Playlist | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
SoundCloud has enlisted a few artists to create LGBTQ Inspired playlists in commemoration of Pride month
antony roger's curator insight, July 22, 2018 9:44 PM
This is cool for all music lovers and a creative way to get different people heard. this is not major information for the audio industry professionals.
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On the New Season of 'Queer Eye,' Learning Goes Both Ways

On the New Season of 'Queer Eye,' Learning Goes Both Ways | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Since the show's original Bravo incarnation, the conversation around gender and sexuality has evolved in fundamental ways—and in new episodes is refreshingly nuanced.
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Netflix’s ‘First Time I Saw Me’ Spotlights Transgender Celebrities

Netflix’s ‘First Time I Saw Me’ Spotlights Transgender Celebrities | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Jamie Clayton and Elliot Fletcher are among the guests.
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Gay Black Men Helped Create EDM. Why Do Straight White Men Dominate It?

Gay Black Men Helped Create EDM. Why Do Straight White Men Dominate It? | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

In the underground clubs of the ’70s and ’80s, a marginalized community laid the foundation for today’s dance music. So why are straight white men reaping EDM’s rewards?

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