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FIRE, student group sue Wendler over drag show cancellation
FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) student group Spectrum WT and two of the group’s student leaders have filed suit against West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler after Wendler announced earlier this week he was cancelling a student-organized drag show that would have benefitted The Trevor Project. Wendler issued a letter declaring there is “no such thing” as a “harmless drag show,” comparing drag to blackface and claiming drag “denigrates” women. Drag...
FIRE, student group sue Wendler over drag show cancellation
FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) student group Spectrum WT and two of the group’s student leaders have filed suit against West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler after Wendler announced earlier this week he was cancelling a student-organized drag show that would have benefitted The Trevor Project. Wendler issued a letter declaring there is “no such thing” as a “harmless drag show,” comparing drag to blackface and claiming drag “denigrates” women. Drag...
Read all about it: Lambda Literary’s 35th annual LAMMY Award finalists
Last week, LGBTQ literary arts organization Lambda Literary announced its shortlist of finalists for the 35th annual Lambda Literacy Awards – or the Lammys. This year’s event will be a hybrid format with both virtual and in-person experiences. The Lammys will be live in-person event for the first time since 2019 and held at The Edison Ballroom just in time for Pride on June 9. “Lambda Literary has embarked on a truly transformational year – growing its size and capacity to...
Log Cabin’s anti-LGBTQ ‘ambassador’
In the grand tradition of the Log Cabin Republicans siding with people who hate them, the group has asked far-right commentator and self-proclaimed internet troll Isabella Riley Moody to be one of their 2023 Outspoken Ambassadors. LCR describes their ambassadors as “fearlessly and unapologetically outspoken” people who have “charismatic and thoughtful perspectives at a time when so many people feel bullied into silence.” But who, exactly, is it who feels bullied into silence? Maybe the trans...
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Legend in the house
Patti LuPone How Turtle Creek Chorale got Patti LuPone to headline its Rhapsody gala RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer rich@dallasvoice.com The Turtle Creek Chorale has something going on. They at least have a special kind of magic, which is evident in the chorale’s third fundraising gala. They kicked off their new signature event, the annual Rhapsody gala, in 2020 with Broadway queen Idina Menzel (just before COVID hit). Oh and, then they followed up with six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald....
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Stage Notes: ATTPAC announces 2023/24 Broadway at the Center season
Stage Notes is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent information. A season of divas, fairy tales and more coming to ATTPAC On Thursday morning, the AT&T Performing Arts Center (ATTPAC) announced its 2023/2024 series of Broadway at the Center shows at the Winspear Opera House. The lineup includes of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Grammy award winners and one queen diva gay icon — by proxy. The season will also...
