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InkandescentUK @inkandescentuk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Are you a queer poet? Are you based in the UK? Are you yet to have your first collection published? Then send us a poem. The poem must be no longer than 30 lines and unpublished. Selected poets will be published in the BOLD QUEER POETRY ANTHOLOGY and paid. Details/entry here: bit.ly/4aRIokb
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🕐 ONE WEEK TO GO! 📚 Carnal Languages: online book launch on Thursday 2 July @ 6pm UK time. 🔗 FREE registration www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carnal-lan... Learn more about the book on the @springernature.com website: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #translation #ethnography #sexuality #carnallanguages
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Carnal Languages: Online Book Launch
Join London Met's Gender and Sexual Diversities Research Group for the launch of a new book edited by Piero Toto and Mirco Costacurta.
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
My new edited volume, “Carnal Languages - Interdisciplinary Issues in Sexual Communication” - co-edited with Mirco Costacurta - is finally out with Palgrave Macmillan! #Ethnography #TranslationStudies #QueerStudies #CarnalLanguages link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Carnal Languages
This edited volume explores the multifaceted dimensions of sexuality and its expressions through a range of social contexts.
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📢 Calling all translators - we need your views and insights on our #TranslatorsOnTheCover campaign. Five years on from its launch, we’re working with Dr Pete Freeth (London Metropolitan University) to find out more about the campaign’s impact. buff.ly/uRuoZ1O
An illustration of a person who looks as though they are about to walk into a large book, open on a page showing a picture of the world.
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Love a good haul 📚 @tandfresearch.bsky.social #xl8 #translation
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Poetry Translation Centre @poetrytranslation.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We are thrilled to be at the @poetrysociety.bsky.social Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair this Saturday! We will also have a stall—get your poetry book goodies from 12-6:30pm. Book here: poetrysociety.org.uk/news/free-ve... See you there!
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 11/04/2026
ICYMI: Authors are being “strongly urged” to be vigilant amid a rise in scam emails impersonating editors at publishing houses 👇 #BookSky
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Scam emails impersonating editors ‘on the rise’ as author vigilance urged
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Our new paper on the impact of AI-in-the-loop pedagogy, co-written with my loyal partner in crime @pjfreeth.bsky.social, is now out - online first - on @ittjournal.bsky.social 50 free copies can accessed via this link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SGDWA... #translation #t9n #translatortraining #AI
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The impact of AI-in-the-loop pedagogy: an action research approach to integrating AI technologies in translator training
The integration of AI-powered technologies into translator training in higher education has prompted significant academic and professional debate. As generative AI reshapes the language services in...
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InkandescentUK @inkandescentuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Here as promised are a few of the official photos from the launch of @nathanevansarts.bsky.social poetry collection HOMOGRAPHY @poetrysociety.org.uk. We thank Kate Conway @pierototo.bsky.social Ellen McAteer and Joelle Taylor for their outstanding creative input and support.
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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Our latest issue, Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia - British Latinx Writing & Art is now available to read for our digital subscribers and those with access to Taylor & Francis 💻 If you’re unable to access Wasafiri digitally, preorder the print issue: buff.ly/OWMJ4pb
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GPL @queerographies.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Un’antologia curata da Alessandro Brusa e Sonia Caporossi che esplora linguaggi, corpi e spazi della poesia queer italiana contemporanea. Un percorso critico e poetico che indaga estetiche, sociologia della letteratura e nuove forme di soggettività.
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[Distorsioni][Alessandro Brusa][Sonia Caporossi]
Un’antologia curata da Alessandro Brusa e Sonia Caporossi che esplora linguaggi, corpi e spazi della poesia queer italiana contemporanea. Un percorso critico e poetico che indaga estetiche, sociologia della letteratura e nuove forme di soggettività.
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Did a little translating! @betarish.bsky.social now speaks Italian on the Atelier Poesia website atelierpoesia.it/rishi-dastid... Big thanks to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and Offord Road Books for their generous concession. #poetry #translation #traduzione
A stylized, blue-toned portrait of the author wearing glasses and a dark shirt, looking directly at the camera. The background is softly blurred, emphasizing his face. Overlaid text reads: “Rishi Dastidar, ‘The Break of a Wave’ & ‘A Hobby of Mine’,” “echoes,” and “Traduzioni di Piero Toto.”Italian translation of some verses from A Hobby of Mine. A visually styled Italian text excerpt in blue font on a white background.  The name “Rishi Dastidar” appears in bold blue, followed by “tradotto da Piero Toto” in italic blue, indicating the translator. A stylized letter “A” is positioned in the bottom right corner, representing the Atelier logo. A blue-background promotional excerpt featuring a poem titled A Hobby of Mine by Rishi Dastidar. The author’s name appears at the bottom, followed by “from A Hobby of Mine.” A stylized letter “A” is in the bottom right corner, indicating the Atelier publication logo.
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InkandescentUK @inkandescentuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Drum roll please for a cover reveal! HOMOGRAPHY is the third #poetry collection from @nathanevansarts and edited by Joelle Taylor. This #bold publication will be out to celebrate #LGBTQIA+HistoryMonth2026. Please do reserve your copy here: bit.ly/3WrHDXe
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🔹 Issue 4 🔹 of Atelier International, the multilingual poetry magazine I co-edited with Francesca Benocci, is out now! ✨ Featuring new international poetry, translations, interviews & essays. 📖 Free to download: atelierpoesia.it/atelier-inte... 💙 #poetry #translation #multilingualism
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
📚 Week 1 of teaching officially done! ✅ ⏳ How is it another new academic year already? 😵‍💫 #translation #xl8 #academia
Hand holding a black coffee cup with white lid branded “London Metropolitan University” and the slogan “THE REAL LONDON.” Urban campus setting in the background, suggesting student life or university branding.Computer screen showing a Padlet post titled “Technology Audit & Reflection”. Subtitle reads “Evaluating real translation tools and their role in professional practice.” Browser tabs include ChatGPT and Copilot, with a dark blue to purple gradient background.Presentation slide titled “Translator Competence, Translation Economy, and Translation Technologies” with a subtitle “Overview of key concepts and tools.” White background with purple borders, introducing a talk or lecture on translation skills, industry dynamics, and tech tools.
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English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Our translation grants – #PENTranslates, including PEN Translates x SALT, and #PENPresents: Brazil – are NOW OPEN for submissions! Find out more, apply & share ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/translation/...
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Current translation grant opportunities - English PEN
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Attended yesterday’s International Translation Day event by @englishpen.bsky.social, @alcs.co.uk & @poetrytranslation.bsky.social The most poignant visual: this empty chair on stage, symbolising all the writers who have been imprisoned, detained, or killed for their expression or belief #ITD25
A simple wooden chair with a dark cushioned backrest sits on a wooden stage, against a paneled wood wall.
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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This International Translation Day, we're thrilled to announce two events with Anton Hur in London! Anton will deliver a workshop and lecture on translation, Korean literature, literary prize culture, and more. Click here for full details and registration: buff.ly/uQNOJRb
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
On tonight’s menu… Happy International Translation Day #ITD
A stage setup for “International Translation Day” on Tuesday, 30 September 2025. Five beige armchairs are arranged in a semi-circle with small tables and water bottles in front. A large screen above displays the event title, date, and logos for “ENGLISH PEN” and “ALCS” with the tagline “Freedom to Write, Freedom to Read.” The venue features wooden paneling and a podium on the right side.
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 22/09/2025
'This was a day of revelations: bleed with me until the tenderness of a pause smoulders from within' iambapoet.com/wave/23-pier...
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Piero Toto | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Piero Toto read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I have new poems OUT on iamb! 🥳 After a long hiatus, you can read me again 🫣 - if you’re that way inclined - and once again wonder “what is WRONG with this guy?!” Special thanks to @markantonyowen.com for the love and support. Go read and listen to the poems NOW! #poetry #iamb #poetrylovers
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2025
Autumn again. Trees put on their prettiest frocks, then get more naked day by day. Everything now is poetry – and it comes in waves. Leave the chilly air outside. Light a fire, make hot chocolate. Let senses and soul dive beneath @iambapoet.com's newest wave. www.iambapoet.com/wave/23
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poets | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 23 of iamb.
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GPL @queerographies.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Un viaggio nel mito di Pier Vittorio Tondelli: Codice Tondelli di Giulio Milani intreccia memorie, testimonianze e analisi su vita, opere e desiderio.
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[Codice Tondelli][Giulio Milani]
Un viaggio nel mito di Pier Vittorio Tondelli: Codice Tondelli di Giulio Milani intreccia memorie, testimonianze e analisi su vita, opere e desiderio.
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
✨COVER REVEAL✨ My 1st co-edited multilingual poetry magazine, coming soon… www.instagram.com/atelier.intl...
Promotional image for Atelier International magazine, Issue 4. Blue background with white text. Large bold heading reads ‘COMING SOON’. Two columns list contributor names. Bottom text says ‘Issue 4 / Numero 4’. A small logo with a stylised letter ‘A’ and the word ‘INTERNATIONAL’ appears in the top right corner.
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
BREAKING NEWS Anthropic agree to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems. This is the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The settlement is still subject to the judge's approval. 🧵 authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
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What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement  - The Authors Guild
Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v…
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Submissions are now open for the Eric Gregory Awards, for a collection by poets under the age of 30. The Eric Gregory Awards were founded in 1960 by the late Dr Eric Gregory for the encouragement of young poets. 🧵
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Tell me you’re in Italy in August without telling me etc. 🌞
A grid of four photos, each showing a different sign posted on a business in Italy, indicating that it is closed for vacation. All signs use the Italian phrase "CHIUSO PER FERIE."
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
International Translation Day returns on 30 September. Get in! #ITD2025
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 24/06/2025
New UK magazine alert! TRANSLATOR looks incredible: "reportage translated from the best long-form media outlets around the world" Pre-order Issue 1, released this Thurs! translatormag.co/products/iss...
Brightly-coloured cover of Translator magazine issue 1, with the title in red capital letters scattered across the page over a collage of images including a penguin and a statue. Article titles are written in white caps inside the letters: Egyptian circuses, Russian minorities, Patagonian penguins, Cambodian cyber scams, Sri Lankan cinema, and Cuban lovers.
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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
💫 THE POETRY IN TRANSLATION PRIZE IS NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS 💫 More information here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/the-p...
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Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
We are now open for general submissions. Submit translations of poems from any language into English. Deadline: 15 August 2025. modernpoetryintranslation.submittable.com/submit/10070...
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
On the last day of Pride Month, please enjoy me, my book and my fellow authors in the Cambridge Elements series writing about language, gender and sexuality 🌈👅🍆
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
✨UK AIDS Memorial Quilt✨ A somber visit to the impressive Memorial Quilt. Each panel, a quiet testament to lives lost. Never forgotten. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #AIDSMemorialQuilt #RememberTheirNames #HIVAwareness #LGBTHistory
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Catching up on all the reading and writing I've missed lately, and THIS is such a must read by @sawadhussain.bsky.social in @wasafirimag.bsky.social:
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Not All Literary Translators Are Created Equal by Sawad Hussain
In this candid, comprehensive essay drawing on her own career experiences…
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OCCT @oxfordcct.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Check out our full Oxford Translation Day Programme for June 14! You can find more details or and the registration links for all the events at: shorturl.at/zbyby
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy Pride “munth”
Don’t give me rainbow socks this Pride. This is no time for celebrations. My Glitterati: this is history repeating. That lanyard with the progress flag, bin it with your corporate faith. The floats and feathers amount to nothing today. Clear those streets. This is no time for celebrations. We must be raging verbs. 
Desist. Resist. Exist.
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
More poetry translation gorgeousness from me to you: Lisa Kelly, ‘Ø’, translated into Italian for Atelier Poesia. Huge thanks to @lisadmkelly.bsky.social and @carcanet.bsky.social for making this happen 💚🤍❤️ atelierpoesia.it/lisa-kelly-a... #xl8 #translation #contemporarypoetry #italian
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Lisa Kelly - "A Map Towards Fluency" (Carcanet Press, 2019)
Nella poesia «Ø», Lisa Kelly intreccia con raffinata sensibilità la riflessione sulla lingua, l’identità e la perdita, offrendo un testo stratificato e profondamente poetico.
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Sooo… Atelier International, the multilingual poetry journal I’m co-editing, is now LIVE on Instagram, if you’re that way inclined! Like, dislike, follow, unfollow: 🔹 www.instagram.com/atelier.intl... 🔹
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Who will I see in Mancs tomorrow 25 April for the Translation and Language Education in the Age of AI conference? 🙋🏽‍♂️ Looking forward to sharing with you our latest insights on ethics and AI from a student perspective with my mighty colleague @pjfreeth.bsky.social 🤖 ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/trans...


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The image shows a poster for an event titled "Translation and language education in the age of AI: theoretical and practical frameworks." The event is organized by the Institute of Languages, Cultures, and Societies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. It will take place on Friday, 25 April 2025, at the School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. The event is part hybrid.
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
There’s still time to send us your work for the newly revamped Atelier International—the multilingual poetry magazine born from Italy’s prestigious poetry outlet, Atelier. I’m proud to be taking the helm as its next editor! atelierpoesia.it/linee-guida-... #poetry #contemporarypoetry
A promotional graphic for Atelier International’s call for submissions. The design features a geometric layout with dark blue and beige panels converging into a central circle that contains a stylized letter “A.” The text reads: “Calling all poets & writers! Atelier International is now accepting submissions: unpublished poetry, translations, critical essays in several language combinations!” At the bottom, it states: “Deadline: 2 May 2025 [link in bio for guidelines].” The background includes a textured beige and blue border resembling painted or aged paper.
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui) @abolgaresc.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
APTIS25 Online Conference at the UCL Centre for Translation Studies (3–4 November 2025) “Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future language professionals?” Call for Contributions is now open until 16 June. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl @centras-ucl.bsky.social
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Liam Wignall @liamwignall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Psychology & Sexuality is putting together a special issue on Sexual Subcultures. You can read the call below. Deadline for abstracts is 2nd June. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Contemporary Sexual Subcultures: Meanings, Identities, Narratives, and Trends
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John Chen @johnchen.com.au · 29/03/2025
hear hear
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
After a brief hiatus, I’m BACK with some poetry translations I worked on: Keith Jarrett’s “the granular” is now available in Italian on Atelier 💚🤍❤️ #poetry #translation atelierpoesia.it/keith-jarret...
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Keith Jarrett - the granular
«the granular» si presenta come un'affermazione cruda e potente della memoria post-coloniale, un testo che trasforma il dolore...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 07/02/2025
🚨NEW 🚨 On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇 t.co/3b5UH9zuOR
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fourteen poems @fourteenpoems.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Hello! We’re here to post about queer poems and our little poetry books - hopefully without the toxicity of other places. 🥰
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Qx Magazine @qxmagazine.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Riot Act @21Soho is a celebration of queer activism, offering a stirring mix of laughter, inspiration, and poignancy. Presented by the Mulwade Foundation. 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mulwade-pr... The show delves into six decades of LGBTQ+ history. www.qxmagazine.com/event/riot-a...
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Riot Act
Written and performed by Alexis Gregory, QX has described Riot Act as "one of the year's most impactful pieces of queer theatre."
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Simon Maddrell @simonmaddrell.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Polari Salon Sweatbox Sauna The most unusual literary event I’ve ever been to — a gay sauna bar area — but Bette Midler would be proud (and Barry Manilow a little sheepish) as Jo Blake can testify under oath. But a wonderful array of work was shared — from sexy to unsettling, secret & sleazy
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
My Polari debut at Sweatbox Soho✨🌈🧖🏼‍♂️ Grateful to @paulburston.bsky.social for the opportunity to perform in the great company of Neil Bartlett, @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social and Alexis Gregory. What a treat!
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Piero Toto @pierototo.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Have you got your ticket yet? 🧖🏼‍♂️
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