Who are favourites to win at the Tony Awards?
James Corden is set to host the Tony Awards for the first time tomorrow. The Broadway theatre awards will see the best dramas and musicals from the last year honoured. It’s the awards 70th outing and musical ‘Hamilton’ has broken the record books with an astounding 16 nominations. Corden told the New York Post that […]
Bibliophile: Edmund White’s ‘Our Young Man’
Our Young Man by Edmund White Bloomsbury Edmund White is a legend in GLBTI fiction and nonfiction writing. He wrote ‘The Joy of Gay Sex’ with Charles Silverstein in 1977 and has explored gay life in New York in his famous trilogy. Largely autobiographical, ‘Boys Own Story’ relates a young boy’s sexual awakening; ‘The Beautiful […]
What’s good at the movies?
The First Monday in May (M) Directed by Andrew Rossi The title refers to the annual fundraising gala for the Manhattan’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Money raised goes to the museum’s costume institute which houses the world’s biggest collection of fashion. Rossi, who shot and edited the breath-taking doco, captures all the behind-the-scenes details as […]
‘Check It’: Steve Buscemi documentary focuses on homeless LGBT gang
♦ Actor Steve Buscemi premieres documentary on homeless LGBT gang at Tribeca Cult icon Steve Buscemi has premiered a new production at Tribeca Film Festival that focuses on the lives of a group of homeless LGBT youth in Washington DC. ‘Check It’ is a documentary film that follows a gang of black transgender and gay youth known […]
MS MR’s Lizzy Plapinger gears up for Groovin The Moo
MS MR, the indie-pop New York duo shot onto the scene in 2011 and are gathering fan after fan with their new album ‘How Does It Feel’. After the success of ‘Secondhand Rapture’, the band are touring around non stop and are in Australia for Groovin the Moo. Singer Lizzy Plapinger explained how much they […]
Bette Midler heads back to Broadway
The Divine Ms M is returning to Broadway. Bette Midler is set to star in a revival of the musical ‘Hello Dolly!’. The show will begin Broadway performances on March 13, 2017 and open on April 20, 2017. A theatre has yet to be announced. Midler broke the good news to her fans on her Twitter […]
US venue fined for refusing lesbian wedding; denied appeal
A New York state business who were fined $13,000 USD for denying a lesbian couple the right to marry at their venue have been denied the opportunity to appeal their case under the state’s anti-discrimination law. Liberty Ridge Farm owners Cynthia and Robert Gifford refused to allow Melisa and Jennie McCarthy to marry on their premises near […]
Woman sues New York; demands child back from gay foster mum
A police officer from the UK is taking the state of New York after her baby was placed in foster care as a result of the child being abandoned in a hotel room. 42-year-old Louise Fielden was arrested over eight months ago, being accused of leaving her 5-month-old son in a hotel alone while holidaying […]
New York to host WorldPride on 50th anniversary of Stonewall
It has been revealed that New York City will host the 2019 WorldPride event to commemorate 50 years since the revolutionary Stonewall riots. The global event, which debuted in Rome back in 2000, was founded by Paul Stenson of InterPride to celebrate LGBT Pride, awareness and visibility on an international scale. The event has […]
US: Are LGB Teens More Likely to Get Pregnant?
A new study from the US published in the American Journal of Public Health reveals that teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual may be at a higher risk of unplanned pregnancy than their heterosexual peers. Over 9000 New York City high school students were interviewed for the study, entitled ‘Sexual Orientation and Risk […]
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