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https://www.europesays.com/africa/410616/ Fort Wayne Artists Guild brings show to Angola | Heraldrepublican #angola #art #artist #FortWayne #indiana #SteubenCounty #TheArts #VisualArts #VisualArtsMedia

Here Are the 14 New #Books You Should #Read in May.

From #BrittneyGriner’s eagerly anticipated #memoir to a long-awaited #sequel to #ColmTóibín’s beloved #novel #Brooklyn, the best #books coming in #May offer a range of #choices for every #reader.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://time.com/6972847/best-new-books-may-2024/

Hundreds of #photos from the #collection of #EltonJohn and #DavidFurnish will go on #display in #London.

The #exhibition, titled “#FragileBeauty,” will include 300 #images by more than 140 #photographers, including #DianeArbus, #CindySherman, #RobertMapplethorpe, #WilliamEggleston, #ZaneleMuholi and #AiWeiwei..

#UK #Entertainment #TheArts #Photography #Representation #Culture

https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/hundreds-of-photos-from-the-collection-of-elton-john-and-david-furnish-will-go-on-display-in-london-18137221.htm

#Gay #Sex Has Been #Depicted in #Art for #Centuries: Why Is It Still Being #Censored?

"It’s shockingly #rare how seldom #queer #artists get the #space to #titillate, to #pushboundaries, and to be as #sexual as the #straight #men who have built the very #institutions that tell us we have to be less ourselves to gain #entry," writes #artist #ChristianRogers.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Sexuality #Intimacy #Entertainment #TheArts #Representation #Culture

https://www.advocate.com/voices/gay-sex-in-art-censored

#History made as #nonbinary #contestant wins major #Irish #dancing #competition for first time.

As an adult in their 30s, Sil is the first #trans #nonbinary #contestant to win a #major #title at an Irish dancing competition.

#Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ireland #Entertainment #TheArts #Dance #Representation #Culture

https://gcn.ie/non-binary-irish-dancing-winner/

The recent #ban on public #dragperformances in #Tennessee has put the state's #LGBTQ+ community at risk. Drag #artists like #LadyIkoraPluto, now face a #backlash against their #art. Opponents of the ban like the ACLU of Tennessee argue that drag is not inherently #obscene, and #censorship could stifle #freespeech.

#LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Drag
https://www.miamiherald.com/living/article273629985.html