The Outing Festival returns to celebrate 10 years of bringing people together
…celebrate 10 years of bringing people together. Just in time for Valentine’s weekend, between 10 and 12 February, the world’s only music, matchmaking, and queer arts festival will combi…
Heartstopper Just Got Nominated by a Major Award Show
…the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Oseman and Heartstopper will compete in this category with projects like This Is Going to Hurt (Adam Kay), Somewhere Boy (Pete J…
Your cultural guide to 2023 London Pride – from joyous exhibitions to prize-winning theatre
Arts Your cultural guide of what to catch this Pride Month in London. (Barbican/Marc J Franklin) As Pride 2023 gets underway, there’s no time like the present to get into the queer spi…
Barry Humphries, Known for His Drag Persona Dame Edna Everage, Dead at 89
…to the arts. Humphries wrote several books, novels, autobiographies, and plays, and he painted. In 2022, Humphries toured the U.K. for "The Man Behind the Mask," outside the character.…
Harry Belafonte, Civil Rights Icon and Entertainer, Dead at 96
…was the sparrow. He was an artist who made those of us in the arts understand the depth of that calling, when he said, "Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization's radic…
Russell Tovey on his fear of death growing up during AIDS crisis: ‘F**king terrifying
…meaningful LGBTQ+ representation in the arts is so important to Tovey, who has praised the recent wave of queer shows storming television. “Look at Heartstopper or Glee,” he said. “If w…
Michael R Jackson on A Strange Loop, queer Black identity, and transformative power
Arts A Strange Loop US production. (Image: Marc J Franklin) "The piece, in turn, began to sort of morph into a broader exploration of self." The A Strange Loop preview at the RVT is…
