Viva la Diva Celebrates Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice

What do disco, a dress made out of condoms and Celia Cruz have in common? They are all part of COLOR’s seventeenth annual Viva la Diva fundraiser this Friday. COLOR,  short for Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights, hosts this event each year to raise awareness for reproductive…

Five Tips for Coming Out Kinky

Beyond the Bedroom will host Coming Out Kinky — A Grown Up Comedy at Shine tomorrow night. Jean Franzblau’s comedy is about a woman’s path of sexual exploration; she plays twenty characters in the show. Beyond the Bedroom Executive Director Daka Dan describes the actress/playwright as “not a ‘full-time’ kinkster…

MM Serra on whether Johnny Minotaur is art or obscene teen-exploitation

MM Serra is struggling to find a New York City venue bold enough to exhibit Charles Henri Ford’s 1971 surrealist memoir film, Johnny Minotaur. Nobody wants to bite. This experimental classic reflects on teen sexuality with explicit homoerotic imagery. Unnamed institutions refuse to show it because curators believe the performers look like minors and that the film violates basic standards of decency, she says.