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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

Sculpture Garden Shindig rescheduled for Aug. 8 | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1883888/sculpture-garden-shindig-rescheduled-for-aug-8-news/ #aesthetics #art #arts #culture #garden #gardener #gardening #sculpture #SculptureGarden #Sculptures #TheArts #UrbanSketchers #VisualArts #WorksOfArt

The #Feminist Who Inspired the #Witches of #Oz

The #untoldstory of #suffragist #MatildaGage, the #woman behind the curtain whose life story captivated her #soninlaw #LFrankBaum as he #wrote his #classic #novel

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

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-feminist-inspired-witches-of-oz-180985334/

Still #Fighting For #LibertyandJusticeForAll:

A #Visual #History of #Black #America,
and the contributions #Black #Revolutionaries made to #America's #Founding

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Race #Entertainment #TheArts #Photography #Representation #Culture

https://lithub.com/still-fighting-for-liberty-and-justice-for-all-a-visual-history-of-black-america/

How #JackLondon Foresaw the #AntiDemocratic #Future With #TheIronHeel.

#KenMcGoogan on the #Dangers of #Oligarchic #Totalitarian #Rule in #Fiction and in #RealLife

In one of the most prescient dystopian works ever written, the #narrator describes how the #party in #government, having lost an #election, simply declined to leave office.

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

https://lithub.com/how-jack-london-foresaw-the-anti-democratic-future-with-the-iron-heel/

#Queer #Art From the #Canvas to the #Club, This #Author Wants #Queer #Artistry to be #CenterStage.

#GemmaRollsBentley’s new #book tracks the #history of #LGBTQ+ #artistry from #Stonewall to now.

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

https://www.them.us/story/queer-art-canvas-to-club-book-gemma-rolls-bently

These 12 Stunning #Autobiographies Will Leave You in #Wonder

#Translating #experience into #language is a #creativeact. #Autobiographies can be #earnest or #irreverent, #playful or #profound.

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

https://www.vogue.com/article/best-autobiographies

From #audioguides without #men to a new #WomensMuseum in #London, here's how the #art world is celebrating #InternationalWomensDay.

We've compiled a list of #exhibitions of #events whose #impact on foregrounding #women #artists is likely to live on beyond one calendar day

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Society #Representation #Culture

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/03/08/from-audioguides-without-men-to-a-new-womens-museum-in-london-heres-how-the-art-world-is-celebrating-international-womens-day

For #Women ‘#ArtMonsters,’ Both #Beauty and #Excess Are Key

The new #book by #LaurenElkin examines #artists who’ve #defied #conventions and #expectations, including #CaroleeSchneemann, #EvaHesse and #KaraWalker.

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/books/review/art-monsters-lauren-elkin.html

#JohnSingerSargent's #portrait of #EnaWertheimer: The #painting that #challenged #sexualnorms.

The #article #discusses how #JohnSingerSargent, in his #circle of #friends and in his #art, #embraced #unconventional and #progressive #individuals, including those who #defied #traditional #gendernorms and #sexualorientations.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts
#Painting #Representation https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231121-john-singer-sargents-portrait-of-ena-wertheimer-the-painting-that-challenged-sexual-norms?ocid=global_culture_rss

How #Slayers: A #Buffyverse #Story continues the #franchise’s #feminist and #queer #legacy.

We explore how the #Audible #Original continues the franchise’s queer and feminist legacy while reflecting on the series’ #trailblazing #moments.

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

https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/how-slayers-buffyverse-continues-legacy-of-buffy-vampire-slayer/

Before #BadBunny: Eight #trailblazing #queer #icons from #PuertoRico.

Hailing from very different fields, these #Boricua #pioneers have paved the way toward #LGBTQ #visibility and #equality.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Music #Representation #Culture

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/bad-bunny-eight-trailblazing-queer-icons-puerto-rico-rcna122747

Meet #Caitlin – the #queer #trailblazing #artist who #exhibited alongside #Madonna.

“#Art was my #thing, my #safehaven throughout my #life and my #work is a reflection of this, my #queerness just who I am”

#Women #Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Representation #Culture

https://diva-magazine.com/2023/10/27/meet-caitlin-art/

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

#Poet #GeorgeAbraham Believes in the #Power of #ComingOut #Quietly.

The award-winning #author discusses #Palestinian futurity, breaking down the #binaries of the #body, and #comingout in a #Walmart #parkinglot.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Poetry #Representation
https://www.them.us/story/poet-george-abraham-one-of-them

A #lesbian #press’ #historic #recognition is stalled by the #TwelveTribes

A local #chapter of a #Christian #fundamentalist #group #declines to have a #memorial #plaque placed on their #building for #trailblazing #Lesbian and #Feminist #publishing house #FirebrandBooks.

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewYork #Feminism #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #EmptyThePews

https://ithacavoice.org/2023/07/a-lesbian-press-historic-recognition-is-stalled-by-the-twelve-tribes/

#Painter and #trailblazing #dragqueen #Tabboo! on #late-#life #artworld #success: I'm here, baby!’

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Drag #DragQueens #Painting #Representation #Culture

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-14/painter-drag-queen-tabboo-debuts-first-show-in-la

#Trailblazing #lesbian #feminist #poet and #LGBTQ+ #advocate #MinnieBrucePratt has #died.

Pratt's #work dealt with #LGBTQ+ #rights, #gender, and the #fight against #racism and #economicinjustice.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Poetry #Feminism #Representation #Culture #RoleModels https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/trailblazing-lesbian-feminist-poet-and-lgbtq-advocate-minnie-bruce-pratt-has-died/

'#Lesbian #LoveStory' unearths a #century of #queer #romance

"I like to think of this #project as me taking on being the #publicist for #lesbians Possanza tells me.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Representation #Culture https://www.npr.org/2023/06/06/1179622122/lesbian-love-story-unearths-a-century-of-queer-romance

#Sis is Bringing the #Trans #Revolution to #CenterStage

#Theatre #performer #Sis (a.k.a #SisTheeDoll) is thee definition of a #rising #star. We’re partially referring to her #legendaric, #history-making behavior as the first #Black #trans #woman to ever lead a #Broadway #nationaltour, playing #AdoAnnie in the touring production of #Oklahoma! in 2021 and 2022.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/theater/sis-is-bringing-the-trans-revolution-to-center-stage/

#DouglasCarterBeane's #ToWongFoo #Stage #Musical to #Premiere in #UK.

The musical is based on the 1995 #cultclassic #film that featured #PatrickSwayze, #WesleySnipes, and #JohnLeguizamo as three #dragqueens on a cross country #roadtrip

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #UK #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Movies #Drag #DragQueens #Representation #Culture

https://playbill.com/article/douglas-carter-beanes-to-wong-foo-stage-musical-to-premiere-in-u-k

#Trailblazing #trans #author and #DCComics #writer #RachelPollack #dies aged 77.

She was credited with creating the first #mainstream #transgender #superhero #character

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Comics #RoleModels #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/08/rachel-pollack-death-dc-comics-trans-writer/

#Museum #officials #worry possible #lossoffunding is connected to #controversial #exhibit which featured a #photo of two #men #kissing after #MarriageProposal at the #Charlotte #PrideParade after the #GastonCounty #Manager #KimEagle ordered the photo removed shortly after the exhibit launched.

#LGBTQIA #NorthCarolina #Entertainment #TheArts #Photography #Pride #Pridemonth #SameSexMarriage #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/museum-officials-worry-possible-loss-funding-is-connected-controversial-exhibit/PV5Q7CWXINFM5EZDR234JDYYEI/