Worth a Read: Here’s five stories that caught our eye

Boy Erased author speaks about his experience of gay conversion therapy

BBC

Garrard Conley’s book Boy Erased  is being transformed into a movie starring directed by Joel Edgerton, and starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Troye Sivan. In an interview with the BBC the author chats about how his own experiences of being sent to a gay conversion therapy program inspired the story and how he feels the upcoming film and stayed true to his original work. Read the article

Wentworth’s Kate Atkinson shares that she’d love to work with Black Swan Theatre Company

The West Australian

Prison drama Wentworth returned to TV screen this week with fans finally finding out what happened after the shows cliff-hanger finale. WA raised actor Kate Atkinson is back as Governor Vera Bennett and the first episode revealed that Vera’s life just got a whole lot more complex. Speaking to The West, Atkinson shared that she’d really like to collaborate with WA”s Black Swan Theatre and spend some time back in Perth. Read the article

Transgender, Cabaret and Working in Retail

Artshub

Artshub take a look at the work of Zeb Direen, a non-binary person who draws on their own experiences of working in retail to create a thought provoking show ZEB – A Gender Odyssey. The artists says its encouraging that we’re starting to see more artistic works that explore the expeirences of transgender and non-binary people. Read the article

First pictures of Doctor Foster star Suranne Jones as the first modern lesbian – Anne Lister

Hot Lifestyle News

Actress Suranne Jones is starring in a new BBC series Gentleman Jack – that charts the life of Anne ListerLister was an eighteenth century landowner in Yorkshire. She was an accomplished mountaineer and wrote extensive diaries about her life.  The sections of her diaries which document her same-sex relationships were written in a code made up of the Greek alphabet, zodiac and punctuation. Check out the first photos from the set. Read the article

Lea DeLaria says its important for her to be visible as a butch lesbian

The Advocate

Orange is the New Black actor Lea DeLaria says it’s important that we show the diversity within the LGBTI community,and for her that means be visible as a butch lesbian. In a revealing interview the actor says she’d really like to be in a lesbian romantic comedy – because its something we just don’t see on our screens. Read the interview.

OIP Staff


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