What happens when an enbee from the capital city moves to a small coastal English town? Where’s the queer scene in Cleethorpes? Loverboy’s Fallon Gold threw on a ton of biodegradable glitter and found out. I’d had enough of the Big Smoke. Sure, there’s some things I’d miss but I was moving to the seaside! […]
Given the subject matter I don’t think Studio 54 could have failed to be a lot of fun, and Matt Tyrnauer’s new documentary doesn’t disappoint. Opening in April 1977, the club was an overnight sensation, attracting a host of New York’s most glamorous celebrities who partied alongside gays and ordinary partygoers. Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Liza Minnelli, […]
In Loverboy’s new series Tragic Divas, Fallon Gold tells us why opera singer Maria Callas is a diva in every sense of the word. Despite being one of the most famous opera singers there has ever been, in her time Maria Callas was then (and still is?) probably more well known for being a scandalous […]
If you’re even vaguely a fan the iconic Grey Gardens, Göran Hugo Olsson’s new documentary That Summer is essential viewing. If you haven’t seen the Maysles brothers’ masterpiece (why not?) this is probably not for you, but it is, in any case, an absolute gem of 70s archive film. The story starts out with a narrated intro from legendary […]
Ryan Murphy is the gift that keeps on giving. Gaga’s Studio 54 vampire in American Horror Story. Bette and Joan’s bitchy Feud. Darren Criss in tighty whities and now… Pose. Pose is set in the world of the 80s drag ball. After a decade of Rupaul’s Drag Race, the language and visuals of drag balls […]
We have loved John Lee Bird for a very long time. Whether it’s his surrealist mixed media pieces or his pop art documentation of London’s queer icons, John Lee Bird is an essential artist everyone should know about. Fallon Gold spoke with him for the latest in our queer artists series. What inspires you to […]
Lifelong Marilyn Monroe fanatic and wig critic Fallon Gold heads to The Arcola for a revival of 80s play, Insignificance. Let’s get this out there first. I fell for Marilyn Monroe when I was a kid and have had a duel fascination/extreme criticism of anyone playing her ever since. Probably one of the most impersonated […]
Jolie Ruin is a queer artist, zinester and zine archivist, collecting and selling classic Riot grrrl zines and new work. Loverboy’s Fallon Gold spoke with her about feminism, creative community and, of course, Mariah Carey. A great deal of your work is about Riot grrrl. When did rg first enter your life and what does […]
Taabe Guggenheim-Kennedy, The Most Powerful Lady in Finland, has wowed the world with her Hollywood video series. Now she ventures into the world of sci-fi. Loverboy have been given a sneak peak of the forthcoming Full Time Lady and can share the trailer with our readers. Ahead of the release of the film, Fallon […]
