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teacher reader expat/immigrant newyorker in Manchester UK
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On this day in 1988, 20,000 LGBTQ people and our allies marched through the streets of Manchester to protest Section 28, which tried to stifle all mention of our lives. At the time it was the largest gay rights gathering ever. Pic: The crowd seen from the top of the Town Hall. #LGBT+HistoryMonth

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ACT UP hero: Gerri Wells, ¡presente!

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My Norwegian debut: my comments (in English!) on The Inheritance now on at National Theater of Norway. See the website for the whole video. www.nationaltheatret.no/forestilling...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

God, this was so good. The Ernaux book - yes. The play - utterly yes.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

so beautifully captures it Children of the 1960s watch in pain as the story of our lifetime is erased www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

The roundtable on James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room with Nawal Mustafa and @mbpearl.bsky.social at ITA went wonderful. Thanks to the speakers, ASCA, NICA, and ITA.

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James Baldwin Giovanni's Room - Today

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Come join us on 23 January, 17:00 hours. Roundtable at Radical Space on James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room and identity with Nawal Mustafa and Monica Pearl @mbpearl.bsky.social, moderated by me, organized by ITA, ASCA, and NICA. Registration via this link. @uvahumanities.bsky.social

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Two more weeks to catch the Barbara Walker exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester. Don't miss it.

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Discussing Giovanni's Room in Amsterdam - can't wait.

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Coming late to this beautiful 2021 AIDS dance documentary: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane company's "D-Man in the Waters." Gorgeous and moving.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Nervous and thrilled that this podcast is out. Such a great conversation with Mary Higgins and Ell Potter of hotterproject.co.uk. Listen here - or wherever you get your podcasts. Queer Friendship on Life of Bi. (See my post below for how much I already liked and admired this show.)

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Essay on my experience as a member of ACT UP/NY back in the day - in Radical History Review. If you can't get past the academic paywall, dm me for a pdf.

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

I just want to say how much I love this podcast BEFORE the episode with me in it comes out. I could listen to Mary and Ell for hours - and I have! All 36 episodes. Their intelligence, curiosity, humor, and love for each other are prodigious. They interrogate all things queer, nothing off limits.

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RIP Nikki Giovanni

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I feel like not enough of you are watching Somebody Somewhere or Secret of the River.

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A few more days left to listen to Disco Dykes - from Outburst Queer Arts Festival. Six episodes. Free.

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Taking the occasion of experiencing Laurie Anderson's ARK last night at Factory International in Manchester to post my favorite NYT correction ever.

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Lucky me, on my way to Outburst Queer Arts Festival.

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Tomorrow. Thank you to the University of Sussex Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence for inviting me.

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