Ryan Cassata, who starred in our latest YouTube video interview, has released a breathtaking song, raising awareness about the transgender community. The song, written by Ryan himself, is entitled “Daughter”. It is a nod to his experience as being born in the opposite gender he identifies with. With lyrics such as […]
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A new and bespoke live music festival created solely by women takes place on 11-14 October 2019 headlined by Manchestersynth-pop star SHURA and Derry-born indie-folk prodigy SOAK– both firm BBC Radio 6 favourites. Friday night will be curated by Brit-Award winning singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. A pioneering festival for women in music, DIVA Music Festival is passionate about music fans, rights […]
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Maddie – aka Stella Marbles – who featured in part II of this series here – is certainly not in it for the fame. She dedicates her time promoting diversity and encourages her community to do the same. She wishes above all for people to learn more about queer history and […]
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The art of drag has come a long way since panto and Shakespeare. Although the classic camp-style form of drag remains popular, the art of drag in itself has very much evolved. A new generation of more polished and eccentric looking performers have been taking over the world (both queer and […]
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Reading Dustin Lance Black’s book Mama’s Boy, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of kinship and camaraderie which, frankly, I hadn’t expected. Black’s book is tribute to his mother and anyone who has lost a parent cannot fail to share and remember their grief. Black’s description resonated so much with […]
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Diamonds are smaller than bricks, and Lots Holloway is smaller than most other humans but, as if to prove that small things come in great packages, the diminutive songstress’s latest release has not only come close to exhausting this reviewer’s gags about Holloway’s stature, but has also demonstrated that the Polly […]
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Graham Watts, director and producer of this “lost” play by prolific playwright Sophie Treadwell – credited with writing more plays than Shakespeare, including her most famous work “Machinal” – cites in the programme his admirable ambition to produce plays through the ages by eminent female writers whose works have been ignored […]
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Growing up, I often heard adults pointing fingers at people marching at Pride for being too provocative, or “too much”. Fortunately, Pride has become a lot more accepted since I was a child. People are more open-minded, and new generations are now growing up with more accepting values. This is exactly what […]
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Header pic: Kent Monkman This summer, Hayward Gallery presents Kiss My Genders, a group exhibition celebrating more than 30 international artists whose work explores and engages with gender identity. Spanning the past 50 years, Kiss My Genders brings together over 100 artworks by different generations of artists from around the world. […]
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Watching Splitlip’s “Operation Mincemeat” a musical comedy interpretation of a factual, yet improbable, wartime event that ostensibly helped the allies win the war, was exhilarating and felt like an absolute privilege. It is the first time that I have been in the audience of a new piece of writing like this, […]
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