Artists and LGBT community organizations converge to increase awareness and celebrate their work near Fair Park in Southern Dallas.
The two-day event is entitled, “We The People: A Celebration of Queer Arts & Culture”, and will take place Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh, in Dallas.
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Artists and LGBT advocates converge in Southern Dallas in March 2010
UK theater company, The Red Room, presents GAY AFRICA
Just received a note from Topher Campbell, the Artistic Director of London-based theater company, The Red Room, about a exciting and daring event happening February 28 called GAY AFRICA. In partnership with fellow London-based free speech and human rights organization, English PEN, GAY AFRICA is a free event that will bring together a mix [...]
Texas gay filmmaker, Marlon Riggs, celebrated this weeked at South Dallas Cultural Center
This weekend in Dallas, February 19 -21, Black Cinematheque Dallas, along with Fahari Arts Institute, DFW Senators, and Mandrake Arts & Media will be hosting a Marlon Riggs Film Festival. The films and shorts begin at 7pm each night at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh in Dallas and nightly entry fee [...]
The politics of a gay musician pt. 3: About TON3X
Anthony Charles Williams II is a vocal powerhouse, period. Whether R&B, hip-hop, or the gospel styling that made him as Tonex (now, TON3X) loved and respected worldwide, the man cannot be stopped. However, since his clearest address of his long-rumored sexuality (he’s addressed it long before the famed Lexi interview in 2009) has [...]
Black Gay Comics: Celebrating the work of Belasco
Thick and muscled. Black and Brown. Erotic and fetishistic. Always well-equipped to handle any situation. These are the characters of from the pen and mind of Black gay artist, Belasco. Some background on Belasco, the artist, from GBMNews:
Belasco began creating homoerotic imagery in 1991 for small press magazines such as Thing, Kick and JFY [...]
Freedom Train Productions’ video on their process of new play creation
As you had a chance to hear the panel discussion of New York-based Freedom Train Productions during the series of Fire & Ink III: The Cotillion podcasts I presented here, now you can watch more of the organization’s unique approach to play development.
The Story of Freedom Train Productions from Freedom Train Productions [...]
A special New Year’s Message from Jomama Jones
Just had to share a wonderful New Year’s message from the ever elegant, Jomama Jones. I had the wonderful opportunity to see her perform during the Fire & Ink III: The Cotillion in Austin, TX in October 2009, and her CD, Lone Star, will be released February 9, 2010. Jomama Jones is a [...]
Your Dallas weekend, delivered (December 18-20, 2009)
Tonight, dig out those books of queer poetry and come prepared to share and we spin our last Queerly Speaking for 2009 at Backbeat Cafe & Listening Room at 300 N. Akard in downtown Dallas. Remember, all three DART Rail Lines come to Akard Station, which is your stop for the venue. Downtown meter [...]
