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THEATER: Dumbledore is So Gay (Streaming)

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Dumbledore is So Gay

If you could revisit your own childhood, what would you change? For those whose past is buried under layers of homophobia, the answer is endless. This question is at the heart of Robert Holton’s play Dumbledore is So Gay, a coming-of-age time travel tale starring Alex Britt as Jack, a young Potterhead who’s discovering his sexuality when Dumbledore’s becomes a national talking point. The play opens on 12-year-old Jack in French class, his life rooted in a reality many of us will recognise: the word “gay” used as a thoughtless insult, the parents who refuse to watch Graham Norton on … Read more

Rainbow Space Magic Schedule – Sunday

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Rainbow Space Magic

Rainbow Space Magic, our first official virtual con, is here. Olivia Helling came up with the idea a couple months back, and Eric Alan Westfall suggested the name. Together with Angel Martinez, Jo Moon Willow Rose, Monique Cuillerier, and Valerie Jean Mikles (who made the lovely graphic above), we’ve been working tirelessly to put it together. So there’s no discussion topic today on QSF – instead, head over to https://www.rainbowspacemagic.org, register if you haven’t already, and check out the panels and readings! Today’s schedule: PT 7:00am / MT 8:00am / CT 9:00am / ET 10:00am Author Readings and Q&A PT … Read more

Rainbow Space Magic Schedule – Saturday

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Rainbow Space Magic

Rainbow Space Magic, our first official virtual con, is here. Olivia Helling came up with the idea a couple months back, and Eric Alan Westfall suggested the name. Together with Angel Martinez, Jo Moon Willow Rose, Monique Cuillerier, and Valerie Jean Mikles (who made the lovely graphic above), we’ve been working tirelessly to put it together. So there’s no discussion topic today and tomorrow on QSF – instead, head over to https://www.rainbowspacemagic.org, register if you haven’t already, and check out the panels and readings! Today’s schedule: PT 7:00am / MT 8:00am / CT 9:00am / ET 10:00am Author Readings and … Read more

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Rainbow Space Magic Con This Weekend

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Okay, so we’re gonna be a little self-serving with the discussion today. Have you registered yet to attend the RSM2020 con? You can do so here: Register – It’s Free That will get you added to the Facebook Group, where we’ll be posting videos after the panel and hanging out to chat. Check out the panels: https://www.rainbowspacemagic.org/?page_id=101 And the readings: https://www.rainbowspacemagic.org/?page_id=107 Which ones are you most excited to attend and why? More info on how the con will work here: https://www.rainbowspacemagic.org/?page_id=107

Corona Virus Can’t Stop Drag Queen Story Time

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Drag Queen Story Time

While Christian conservatives have already started blaming LGBTQ people and the “sin” of marriage equality for the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus, one pundit linked to a recognized hate group went so far as to proclaim the virus “good” because drag queen story hour events can’t be held at public libraries while they’re closed. Former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Nina West apparently didn’t get the memo, because she’s started holding virtual story hours for kids on Instagram Live. West, who wrote the children’s book Drag Is Magic, held her first story time show this week. She chose RED: A Crayon Story … Read more

FOR READERS AND WRITERS: What Happens To Our eBooks When We Die?

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: All of us have online assets we buy or rent from Amazon, Netflix, Apple and the like. But what happens to them when we die? Do we really “own” them at all? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic.

ONLINE: New Plugin Makes Internet Forms Gender Free

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Denmark is making the internet gender-free. The organizers of Copenhagen Pride started a new initiative in response to unnecessary gender questions on online forms. Calling them not just ‘so yesterday’ but also very discriminatory, despite Denmark being very open. ‘At Copenhagen Pride we are proud to represent one of the first countries in the world to stop defining being transgender as a mental illness,’ they said. ‘But the gender struggle does not end there.’ So they set out to rid the internet of the need to tick a box confirming your gender. With Gender Free Internet we wish to give people all over the … Read more