Queer Wales, a collection of essays on sexuality, identity, and WalesIn recent years, we have become more aware of the complexity of Welshidentities (national, European, racial, colonial, economic, etc), and amajor feature of this complexity is the queering of Welsh history andculture. Queer Wales is currently being studied, written, performed,legislated, mapped, bought and sold, yet, as far as sexuality isconcerned, to what extent is Wales still “The Land of my Fathers” andthe &l... Read Full Story

Queer Wales, a collection of essays on sexuality, identity, and WalesIn recent years, we have become more aware of the complexity of Welshidentities (national, European, racial, colonial, economic, etc), and amajor feature of this complexity is the queering of Welsh history andculture. Queer Wales is currently being studied, written, performed,legislated, mapped, bought and sold, yet, as far as sexuality isconcerned, to what extent is Wales still “The Land of my Fathers” andthe &l... Read Full Story

Queer Wales, a collection of essays on sexuality, identity, and WalesIn recent years, we have become more aware of the complexity of Welshidentities (national, European, racial, colonial, economic, etc), and amajor feature of this complexity is the queering of Welsh history andculture. Queer Wales is currently being studied, written, performed,legislated, mapped, bought and sold, yet, as far as sexuality isconcerned, to what extent is Wales still “The Land of my Fathers” andthe “Land of the W... Read Full Story

October brings with it the third Iris Prize Festival, a feast of LGBT films, both short and feature-length. Chapter Arts Centre and Cineworld will show the films between 7th and 10th October. Thirty shorts will compete for the coveted prize of £25,000; the best feature will be awarded £1000, donated by Martin Briggs and the best British short will win a training award of £1000 for its director, donated by the Welsh Screen Academy.The thirty shorts come from two sources. Fift... Read Full Story

October brings with it the third Iris Prize Festival, a feast of LGBT films, both short and feature-length. Chapter Arts Centre and Cineworld will show the films between 7th and 10th October. Thirty shorts will compete for the coveted prize of £25,000; the best feature will be awarded £1000, donated by Martin Briggs and the best British short will win a training award of £1000 for its director, donated by the Welsh Screen Academy.The thirty shorts come from two sources. Fift... Read Full Story

24 Aug 2009Matthew Rhys confirmes Iris Prize Festival line-up for 2009!The full programme for the Iris Prize Festival has been announced today by Iris Prize Patron Matthew Rhys. The Festival takes place from 7 - 10 October 2009 at Cineworld and Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, Wales (UK).To read more:Matthew Rhys confirmes Iris Prize Festival line-up for 2009! Iris PrizePosted using ShareThis"The Iris Prize with lightening speed has become a significant event on the international film fes... Read Full Story

24 Aug 2009Matthew Rhys confirmes Iris Prize Festival line-up for 2009!The full programme for the Iris Prize Festival has been announced today by Iris Prize Patron Matthew Rhys. The Festival takes place from 7 - 10 October 2009 at Cineworld and Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, Wales (UK).To read more:Matthew Rhys confirmes Iris Prize Festival line-up for 2009! Iris PrizePosted using ShareThis"The Iris Prize with lightening speed has become a significant event on the international film festival... Read Full Story

[Pictured above: The man who would deprive americans of Health care -- Sen. Max Baucus.]"Overall 42 percent of Democratic, Republican and independent voters approve of Baucus on healthcare reform while 44 percent disapprove.""Nearly half of Montana Republicans polled, 49 percent, approve of Baucus’s role in healthcare talks."Who Could Have Guessed? Montana Voters Are Turning on Max Baucus | Crooks and LiarsPosted using ShareThis Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh-... Read Full Story

ISRAEL GAY PRIDE-TEL AVIVJust in case you ever wondered whether fanatical religious rhetoric encourages anti-gay violence, which will inevitably be directed against YOUR gay sons and daughters . . . "Artzi added that homosexuals "are worse than beasts, at least a beast knows it's [homosexuality] wrong, or not natural". Artzi finished his statements to Haaretz by saying the managers of the gay center "should be forced to face a firing squad".Haredi writer: Gays should be forced to face firing ... Read Full Story

[Pictured above: Architect's impression, (c) Capita Architecture (image subject to change)]Sherman Cymru is pleased to announce that it has received a Capital Lottery grant of £3.9 million from Arts Council of Wales in order to undergo a much needed redevelopment which will see the theatre building completely transformed.Arts Council of Wales has awarded the grant to Sherman Cymru amounting to 74% of the total cost of the redevelopment which will see the public areas modernised, enhancing the... Read Full Story