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Home » Bruce LaBruce

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Thing published ten issues between November 1989 and summer 1993. Zine cofounder Lawrence Warren appears on the cover of the third issue, pictured here at lower left.
Posted inMusic

Thirty years ago, a Black queer zine captured the scene that birthed house

by Leor Galil June 9, 2021August 18, 2021

Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, which was felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993.

Posted inMusic

How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

by Micco Caporale June 19, 2019August 18, 2021

Nineties concert series Homocore Chicago gave today’s queer punks a running start at the dramatically different hurdles they face.

Posted inFilm

Lesbian revolutionaries smash sexual taboos to undermine the patriarchy in Bruce LaBruce’s The Misandrists

by Ben Sachs July 6, 2018August 18, 2021

Luckily for the patriarchy, their plan for world domination involves making porn movies.

Vaginal Davis
Posted inArts & Culture

The world according to Vaginal Davis

by Sam Worley April 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Queercore luminary and “terrorist drag” proponent Vaginal Davis speaks at the Art Institute.

Posted inBlogs

This week’s movie action

by J.R. Jones December 9, 2011August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

Where’s Scooter?

by Pat Graham July 22, 2007August 19, 2021

Hollywood’s first Plamegate movie is in the works.

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