Queer Corner Podcast interview Matthew Todd for LGBT+ History Month
Queer Corner Podcast interview Matthew Todd for LGBT+ History Month
In this substantial full colour hardback book, filled with superb photographs Todd draws together the individual stories and moving personal testimonies that map out the development of the Pride movements
2019 sees the 50-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in the US which are seen as the key moments in the beginning of the fight for LGBTQ rights.
A grand celebration of LGBT+ culture takes place at the Eden Project on September 29 as Proud Eden returns to the West Country attraction.
At this special event presented by Waterstones, the lead singer of multiplatinum-selling glam rock band Scissor Sisters and one of the World’s most famous LGBT+ icons will discuss his beautifully wide-eyed and determined coming-of-age memoir: Boys Keep Swinging with award winning journalist, author, and former editor of Attitude Magazine, Matthew Todd.
Part memoir, part sotto voice rant, he looks beneath the shiny facade of contemporary gay culture and asks if gay people are as happy as they could be – and if not, why not? He addresses our ‘crisis of shame’ and offers compelling guidance on coping. He shines a light on his and our problematic relationships with drugs and alcohol.
Matthew Todd has a long-standing association with Attitude magazine of over 20 years, most recently as editor. Ahead of the paperback and audio release of his hugely successful book, Straight Jacket, Craig Hanlon-Smith caught up with the journalist, novelist, playwright and stand-up comedian, no less, to talk Attitude, career highlights and the mental health crisis amongst the LGBT population.
At this special event the lead singer of multiplatinum-selling glam rock band Scissor Sisters and one of the World’s most famous LGBT+ icons will discuss his beautifully wide-eyed and determined coming-of-age memoir: Boys Keep Swinging with award winning journalist and author, Matthew Todd.
A celebration of LGBT+ culture headlines three days of literature, music and performance at Eden Project. The Eden Project’s first ever showcase of LGBT+ creativity opens the attraction’s forthcoming Arts Festival, between September 8 and 10. The Arts Festival starts on Friday September 8 with Proud Eden, which will feature two stages of artists celebrating LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans) culture.
Latino film maker Pablo Herrera is passionate about increasing awareness in his films of some of the issues that face young gay men today. Ravensbourne student Pablo Herrera is generating a lot of interest with his new short film Straight Jacket (We Can’t Stop) and is attracting attention from across the industry.
