Voicebox: LGBTQ+
Join us as we celebrate the wonderful creativity and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community
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30 September 2020
Interview with Sam Klegerman, photographer
Global fashion photographer Sam Klegerman talks about their career and their new publication Yes No Thank You Goodbye, an honest and vulnerable photographic narrative that documents their mother's early on-set Alzheimer’s.
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30 June 2020
Interview with 1990's Chris, New Creative
“I know a lot more gay Davids who speak like the Queen, than I do gay Daves who speak like Barbara Windsor”
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28 June 2020
The uprisings that preceded Stonewall
A list of lesser known LGBT uprisings that preceded the Stonewall riots
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28 June 2020
Commercialising the rainbow
In case you missed it, June was pride month (albeit a strange isolated one this year!) and it’s important to remember the true meaning of the rainbow flag.
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23 June 2020
Interview with Jane Hearst, New Creative
"I know that all the amazing women I see around me are capable of everything I do, but often, they lack that confidence. They are overwhelmed and shaped by the negative associations made of us."
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23 June 2020
An Ode To Women Who Love Women
This New Creative audio piece explores the power of loving women
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11 June 2020
How to: Check your privilege (from someone who has a lot)
How to define and tackle privilege in an ever complicated world
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8 February 2020
Interview with Vicky Moran, writer and director
We speak to writer and director Vicky Moran, whose new theatre production No Sweat is a hard-hitting examination of the hidden LGBTQ+ homelessness.
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19 November 2019
Writing only from experience
Are straight, white, able-bodied male writers outdated?
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19 November 2019
The Missing: J. J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
A lesson in why a confused tone can make a story with the best intentions uncomfortable
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26 September 2019
Interview with Ben SantaMaria, writer and director
Flaming Theatre director Ben SantaMaria talks about his autobiographical show Really Want to Hurt Me, and reflects on the continued problem of homophobia in society.
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5 August 2019
John Pendal: Monster
Whether there was only six or 600 of us, John Pendal performed with everything he had.
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28 July 2019
Interview with James Barr
"I’ve always wanted attention, as a kid I even pretended to be a stripper for my Mum and her friend Paula. So awks."
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24 July 2019
Interview with Kit Redstone, creator of Passengers
"In the words of my old twitter bio I’m a ‘writer and director, and a hot tempered short arse trans man who wears a lot of jewellery’."
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20 July 2019
Interview with Crystal Rasmussen
"I’m a non-binary Northern drag queen with a giant belly and a voice that never dropped. Ten years ago I would’ve been laughed at, now I’m celebrated and that is due to the work of people before me and people around me."
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5 July 2019
Nicole Maines: A Real-Life Superhero
Nicole Maines is as much a superhero in real life as she is on screen. She is currently starring in Supergirl, but Maines’ own story and personality is as endearing and thought-provoking as the plot and issues her character faces in this TV show.
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5 July 2019
Janelle Monae: My biggest inspiration
Monae used to be an android. She then shed her protective shell, and in doing so became a role model for millions.