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Homotopia 2012

Traditional Family Values Welcome to our ninth festival! Homotopia rampages across Liverpool this autumn presenting visual arts, performance, film and debate fronted by a dynamic campaign by Livepool born artist TradeMark. The festival theme this year is ‘Traditional Family Values’ and encompasses over 35 events including new commissions and world premieres that celebrate, interrogate and explore ‘the family’ in all its queer diversity. Many of our exhibitions such as Duggie Fields, Enrico David and Mark Morrisroe have already opened as trailblazers in partnership with the UK Biennial. Continuing partnerships with cultural organisations across the city Homotopia is developing the queer aesthetic into venues including the Walker Art Gallery, Unity Theatre, Open Eye, NML & FACT. Highlights include; The premiere of ‘Epstein’ starring Andrew Lancel; a multi media play about the man that made the Beatles in the 50th anniversary year. In partnership with Walker Art Gallery, the first solo show outside London of work by 2009 Turner Prize nominee Enrico David. Drag fabulist Dickie Beau presents an exploration of the pain of stardom using rare audio of Marilyn Monroe. The anarchy of Gale Force’s ‘Council House Movie Star’ featuring the rebuilding of a council house inside Camp and Furnace. UK premieres of 2 new films by New York director Matt Wolf. New photographs ‘Uganda Pride’ by Rachel Adams. A special acoustic performance by Patrick Wolf at the Gallery where we will be exhibiting new work by the legendary & iconic artist Andrew Logan. 2012 has been a momentous year with a major award from the Heritage Lottery Fund to create an exhibition & archive around the life of Liverpool born transgender pioneer April Ashley, which will open in 2013 which is also our 10th anniversary. In May, Homotopia developed a major hate crime conference with 15 registered social landlords. It is fair to say we have developed immeasurably in our first year as an Arts Council England national portfolio organisation. The investment from ACE has already brought many opportunities for greater collaboration and truly realised our ambition. Internationally, the hugely successful Tom of Finland Retrospective toured from Turku, Finland where it attracted 90,000 visitors in 2011 onto the Kulturhuset in Stockholm where it made a huge impact with over 31,000 visitors. Thank you to Arts Council England & Liverpool City Council for their significant financial support. Thanks to our media partners at Gay Times, DIVA, Seen Magazine & Out North West. Politicians and religious leaders continue to attack gay and trans peoples’ rights at home and abroad making festivals like Homotopia ever more pertinent. I’m delighted to present this years programme as a proud demonstration of the rich wealth of talent that exists within the arts, and of course our queer family. Enjoy and thank you for your continued support Gary Everett Artistic Director, Homotopia

WELCOME TO MY WORLD Duggie Fields

Duggie Fields’ work is a stunning combination of popular and classical imagery reworked by the artist into his own signature style. The exhibition includes paintings, prints and objects which open a window into Fields flamboyant world with pieces from his archive as well as previously unseen work. For this exhibition selected iconic images are presented in a new way, with his high colour, post-Pop figures, turned into large wall mounted perspex sculptures.

The Gallery, Stanhope Street, L1 15 September to 15 October 10am – 2pm Sats, 10am – 4.30pm Mon – Fri

Duggie Fields trained at the Chelsea School of Art in the 1960’s. He has held solo exhibitions in London, Tokyo and New York. We are delighted to present, for the first time in the North West, an anthology of his dynamic and dazzling paintings and imagery.

A Homotopia Commission Presented by Homotopia as part of the Independents Liverpool Biennial

Mark Morrisroe: Liverpool Biennial

Open Eye Gallery, Mann Island, L3 1BP 15 September - 25 November Tues - Sun 10.30am to 5pm Mark Morrisroe, an instrumental figure in the 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boston punk scene, was 30 years old when he died of an AIDS-related illness in 1989. The work displayed here, made during his final years, uses photographs and X-ray images alongside other ephemera. Many of these works were produced in a makeshift darkroom in his hospital bathroom. His photographic work revolved around the friends and lovers of his everyday milieu, and the exploration of his own image and identity. A Liverpool Biennial exhibition, presented by Open Eye Gallery in partnership with Homotopia. Mark Morrisroe, Untitled [Self-Portrait], ca. 1980 ÂŠ The Estate of Mark Morrisroe (Ringier Collection) at Fotomuseum Winterthur

Enrico David Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, L3 15 September to 9 December Free The Arts Council Collection will be presenting Enrico David’s major installation ‘Madreperlage’ (2003) and more recent works on paper as part of the Liverpool Biennial. Enrico David was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2009, but this will be the first solo presentation of his work in England outside London. David works in painting, sculpture and collage, often drawing on craft techniques. ‘Madreperlage’ (2003) characteristically includes semi-grotesque theatrical figures as well as elements that veer towards the vocabulary of design. The exhibition is part of ‘The Arts Council Collection Partnerships supported by Christie’s’, a new collaboration between the Arts Council Collection and four regional museums to develop a dynamic programme of displays and exhibitions based on loans from the Collection.

WELCOME TO MY WORLD Andrew Logan The Gallery, Stanhope Street, L1 20 October - 21 November 10am – 2pm Sats, 10am – 4.30pm Mon – Fri A Homotopia Commission Presented by Homotopia as part of the Independents Liverpool Biennial Andrew Logan has exhibited his jewellery and sculptures all over the world from India to Beverley Hills, St Petersburg to Mexico, creating commissions for The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore and The Flowers East Gallery, London. Andrew famously created the Alternative Miss World events which have been an exciting and creative part of London’s cultural calendar since the early 1970’s. These spectacular events played host to a diverse and wide ranging cast of renowned artists, designers and actors such as David Hockney, Derek Jarman and Brian Eno and featured in the recent film ‘The British Guide to Showing Off’. Now Homotopia will premiere a retrospective show of Andrew’s sculptures, portraits and jewellery which will include work from his own sculpture museum in Berriew, in the Welsh Marches, as well as new commissions created for the exhibition.

Council House Movie Star

The Gallery Camp & Furnace , Greenland Street, L1 30 October to 11 November 12 noon until 5pm daily Free

An immersive theatre & live art experience. Council House Movie Star captures the sublimely bizarre characteristics of the everyday life of Gale Force, an ageing WAG/HAG queen (and failed child star of OMO Washing Powder) in her resurrected Council House. Audiences are invited to step through the front door into Galeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dated council house interior. Visitors might see Gale or her social worker Dawn Patrol, friend Donna Reah or international drag queen Cris Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bray. There is also a 15 minute film shot in the original council house in Manchester. What happens when drag queens get old in this unforgiving, youth obsessed, Jeremy Kyle world? Council House Movie Star has been funded by Edge Hill University and is a collaboration between performance artist, dance maker and Senior Lecturer Mark Edward (Department of Performing Arts, Edge Hill University) and award winning film makers and Senior Lecturers Rosa Fong and Dr Mark Fremaux (Department of Media, Edge Hill University).

1 Wed 31st Oct 6pm Thursday 1st Nov & Friday 2nd Nov 6pm £8/£6 Unity Theatre 1 Dancer 1 Audience 1 Song 1 Experience 1 is a brand new dance experience from the multi award winning Choreographer Darren Pritchard. Commissioned by Homotopia

Caz N Britney present

Scottie Road The Musical Work in progress By Keddy Sutton and Gillian Hardie Unity Theatre Tues 30th Oct 8pm Wed 31st Oct 9pm www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk £9/£7 Caz ‘N’ Britney hit the Unity stage with a journey from Primark to prison in a twowoman musical comedy that will bring tears to your eyes and aches to your belly! Supported through Queercore artist development programme.

Uganda Pride An exhibition of photographs by Rachel Adams

Unity Theatre Wed 31st October Sat 24th November Free Despite criminalisation, persecution and the threat of violent homophobic and transphobic attacks, Ugandaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LGBTI community celebrates the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Gay Pride event on the shore of Lake Victoria, Entebbe, Uganda, 2012. Rachel Adams is a documentary and portrait photographer who works with sub-cultures internationally, capturing otherwise unseen aspects of life.

The Girl I Left Behind Me

Unity Theatre Wed Oct 31st Thursday Nov 1st Special Matinee £12 / £10 concessions. matinee £7 / £6 concessions (2pm) A supremely well-sung and coolly contemporary look at one of the most intriguing questions of musical theatre, just what is it that makes a woman in trousers so appealing ? Mezzo-soprano Jessica Walker and theatre director Neil Bartlett conjure up an entire world, from the swaggering cross-dressers of the Victorian Music Hall, to the ambiguous boy-heroes of Mozart and Strauss. Devised by Neil Bartlett and Jessica Walker Performed by Jessica Walker Directed by Neil Bartlett Pianist James Holmes Commissioned and Produced by Opera North

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Horsemeat, A Beautiful Hell, Bitter Suite

Gary Clarke Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus, 17 Shaw Street, Liverpool L6 1HP Sat 3rd Nov 7.30pm The Capstone Theatre, £10/£8 concs Booking unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

Award winning choreographer Gary Clarke, in association with Edge FWD and 12o North, brings together 3 of his most recent dance works in an electrifying evening that will move, excite and enthral. Mentored and directed by the late Nigel Charnock, Horsemeat is a bold, brash and brutally honest autobiographical solo that confronts the gritty realities surrounding love, life, sexuality and the pains of growing up. Following a sell out run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, A Beautiful Hell sees 9 young men present a vivid landscape of dreams and desires that explores the notion of exclusion and what it’s like to be an outsider. For his most recent work, Clarke throws together 6 women, 1 man and a room full of envy. Bitter Suite is a fast, furious yet incredibly touching portrayal of human relationships. ‘Clarke delivers some wrenching strong stuff’ – The Herald ****

The Right Ballerina by Billy Cowan

Unity Theatre Thurs Nov 1st & Friday Nov 2nd 7.30pm Tickets: ÂŁ12/ÂŁ10 unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Direct from its World premiere at The Lowry comes a provocative and challenging new thriller from the award-winning Billy Cowan and Truant Company who last brought Homotopia the 5 star Care Takers and Stigmata. Not to be missed!

A Right Pair

7 November 7.30pm Unity Theatre, Hope Place, L1

Bette Bourne & Paul Shaw

Bette Bourne and Paul Shaw have been partners both offstage and on since the late 1970s. In this whistle stop tour of their life together they explore some of their favourite scenes, some obscure gems and some things completely new. Direction Bette Bourne. Writers Neil Bartlett, Nicolas Bloomfield, Bela Borgia, Jimmy Camicia, Constantin Cavafy, Ray Dobbins, Tim Fountain, Dorothy Parker, Paul Shaw, Oscar Wilde.

The Creator (2012) Directed by Al & Al 7th November, FACT £5/£4 The Creator explores the legendary myth of the father of the computer age and maker of AI (Artificial Intelligence) machines, Alan Turing. Combining Lynchian nightmare with the prophetic themes of J.G. Ballard, The Creator takes you into the surreal dream world of the visionary scientist. This unique new film commission premieres on the occasion of the centenary of Turing’s birth. Contains scenes of a sexual nature and optical effects. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with internationally renowned artists Al & Al and producer/curator Bren O’ Callaghan.

Unhappy Birthday By/starring: Amy Lamé Directed by: Scottee Thurs Nov 8th & Friday Nov 9th, 8pm Unity Tickets: £12/£10 unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Amy Lamé invites you to her birthday party. Morrissey’s invited too; will he arrive clutching a bunch of flowers? Will he turn up at all? Cake and quiffs, balloons and beer, party poppers and pass the parcel collide against a soundtrack of teenage obsession in this immersive, interactive show/party. *Unhappy Birthday* cracks open celebrity; flays fat, fandom and faith, and probes the pains of growing up.

DIVA Debates:

Queering Family Values Thursday 8th November 6pm Free The Sandon Room The Bluecoat Centre School Lane Liverpool 1 Booking is essential thebluecoat.org.uk or email artistic@homotopia.net

Join DIVA editor Jane Czyzselska and panelists to explore the tension between ‘traditional’ and queer families. Looking at family both in terms of our family of origin as well as the ones we make, Czyzselska asks what does family mean to us? Can marriage and fertility issues ever be radical and do they have to be? How does an intersectional approach affect the meaning of family? What does it mean to be a queer family member in a society that requires the reproduction of norms in gender roles and expectations? Panelists: intersex parent and artist Del La Grace Volcano, queer performer Bette Bourne, lesbian mum and leading fertility lawyer Natalie Gamble and academic Tracey Jensen.

Tim Whitehead presents a Dickie Beau show

World Premiere

Blackouts

Twilight of the Idols

A Homotopia Commission Thurs Nov 9th Unity 1 9pm £10/£8 The drag show at the end of the world. Drag fabulist Dickie Beau shapeshifts through a soundscape of lost souls in this theatrical ‘trip’ to an underworld of icons in exile. An adventure in found sound, ‘Blackouts’ brings to life extraordinary audio artefacts to tell the story of the dark sides of stars estranged not only from society, but also from themselves.... Photo credit Joao Braz

Lavender Girls

Saturday NOV 10th 9pm UNITY Tickets ÂŁ10/8 unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Homotopiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home-grown cabaret & music night is` back featuring a night of local talent with music & comedy from Gem Andrews, Rosie Wilby, Caz N Britney and singersongwriter Rachel Awork.

Archetype WALKER ART GALLERY Sun Nov 11th 1.30/3.30pm Limited places available, book at the Walker welcome desk or call 0151 478 4199 or email artistic@homotopia.net David Hoyle explores identity, types and labels from gay culture in this post Olympian interrogation of the body, muscle, ageing & size..... An afternoon romp in the Walker’s Sculpture Galllery. Featuring live art & performance from Darren Pritchard, Rhyannon Styles, Julie ‘Psycho’ Jones and Gerry Potter.

Habibi Problem Cielaroque

14 November 7.30pm Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, L1 UK Premiere The Arabic word “Habibi” is the male connotation of darling/my beloved. Based on a true story, this moving dance piece from Austria’s most prolific touring dance company explores the struggle of two gay Iranian teenagers.

Preview

I Remember and

Teenage (2012) UK Premiere Directed By Matt Wolf Followed by Q and A

FACT £5/£4 fact.co.uk The director of the Arthur Russell documentary Wild Combination, Matt Wolf returns to FACT to present previews of two new films never before seen in the UK. The first of these, I Remember (2012) is a 24-minute film inspired by Joe Brainard’s legendary memoir poem of the same name – creating an innovative biography of this underground icon. This will be followed by a preview of the much-anticipated film Teenage, adapted from the legendary Jon Savage book that tells the story of the invention of teenagers. This will be a rare and un-missable opportunity. mattwolf.info

Epstein The Man Who Made The Beatles By Andrew Sherlock

Epstein Theatre, Hanover House, 85 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DZ 15th Nov - 1st December Evenings 7.30pm, Matinees Thurs & Sat 2.30pm Tickets: £10-£24 epsteinliverpool.co.uk or call 0844 888 4411

Co-commissioned by Homotopia A brand new play about legendary music manager Brian Epstein in the year that celebrates 50 years since The Beatles came together and is the first major production at the new refurbished Epstein Theatre. The play charts Epstein’s adult life and illustrious career from drama school days to managing the world’s biggest pop group. Brian’s short life was crammed with success and controversy; an intelligent gay man whose presence, taste, vision and passion left a lifelong impact on the world. Brian was born in Liverpool in 1934 to Jewish descent and died in 1967 of an accidental overdose at the age of 32.

Created by Jen Heyes and Andrew Sherlock starring Andrew Lancel as Brian Epstein.

Patrick Wolf 10th anniversary Acoustic World Tour 21 November 7.30pm The Gallery, Stanhope Street, L1 Tickets £18.50 incl booking fee unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk The tour will commence with a special performance at The Old Vic in August in London, Patrick then circles the globe heading to Australia, the USA and mainland Europe before returning to UK and Homotopia. Patrick will perform in the exhibition space where Andrew Logan’s ‘Welcome to My World’ is showing. He takes the stage playing grand piano, Celtic harp, dulcimer and more, he will be accompanied by one other musician on stage. He will be digging deep into his 10 year, 5 album catalogue creating a different set list for every night of the tour.

Super 8 22 November 7pm FACT, Wood Street, L1 Tickets picturehouses.co.uk £5/£4 In partnership with Open Eye gallery and by special arrangement with the estate of Mark Morrisroe

Between 1981 and 1984, Mark Morrisroe made three films on Super-8 sound—underground home movies filled with thrift-store costumes, cheapo gore, trashy dialogue, and gratuitous nudity, starring himself and his friends as performers. The Laziest Girl in Town features the transvestite antics of Morrisroe, Stephen Tashjian (Tabboo!), and Jack Pierson, culminating in an obscene sequence reminiscent of John Waters’ Pink Flamingos. The trio continued two years later with Hello from Bertha, loosely based on a one-act drama by Tennessee Williams about a prostitute dying in a fleabag bordello, played out in a Boston bedroom with spotty Southern accents and loose wigs. Morrisroe’s longest film, NymphO-Maniac, tells the story of a portly phone sex operator and her insatiable girlfriends, one of whom comes to a grisly end at the hands of two sadistic young toughs.

Enrico David Explored 23 November, 1pm Walker Art Gallery Exhibitions Officer Linda Pittwood will give an insight into the installation ‘Madreperlage’, Enrico David’s career and the production of this exhibition.

Call Me Kuchu Directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall 23rd November, 6.30pm Picturehouses @ FACT, £7/£5 Winner Best Documentary Teddy Award Berlinale 2012; Winner Cinema Fairbindet Prize; Honourable Mention Jury Award Sheffield Documentary Festival 2012 ntion Jury Award Sheffield Documentary Festival 2012

In a country where ninetyfive percent of the population condone the criminalisation of homosexuality, a group of queer activists are fighting to prevent this legislative proposal from going ahead. This film describes the life of David Kato, Uganda’s first openly gay activist, and his comradesin-arms. His is a life constantly pervaded by fear of attack, but also characterised by moments of happiness and celebration. Events take a tragic turn when David Kato is found dead in his bed having been bludgeoned to death. In its quietly observational way, this film portrays an exceptionally homophobic and Christian-fanatical environment, the extremity of which helps to strengthen Uganda’s LGBT community.

Promoting Human Dignity Screened with Call Me Kuchu Produced by Homotopia TV

Lavender Days November 2012 - February 2013

In partnership with Homes For Everyone Join Terry Titter, Alan Cross, Lady Shaun, Bette Bourne, Rhyannon Styles, Caz & Britney, Rachel Awork on a magical journey of song, art, dance & adventure in and around Liverpool. In February 2013 as part of LGBT history month the project will culminate in a large scale performance in Liverpool. Lavender Days is generously supported by Liverpool Mutual Homes, Riverside, Knowsley Housing Trust, South Liverpool Housing Group, Venture, Symphony, Wirral Partnership Homes, Plus Dane & Your Housing Group. For more information please contact Homotopia on 0151 702 7369 or artistic@homotopia.net

In May 2012 Homotopia created IDAHO 50 alongside Merseyside Probation Trust & artist Paul Harfleet of The Pansy Project. Offenders, LGBT activists & artists created a unique and innovative intervention raising awareness of homophobia & transphobia on Merseyside. This short film documents Homotopia & Merseyside Probation Trust’s collaboration. Developed in partnership with Community Payback & Merseyside Probation Trust’s groundbreaking ‘Promoting Human Dignity’ programme.

Homotopia The Year In Review “The Tom of Finland Retrospective was one of the most valuable parts of the artistic programme of the European Capital of Culture year.” Cay Sevon CEO Turku 2011 Foundation

Homotopia is an an organisation that produces year round programmes including inter-generational projects, award winning social justice initiatives and a burgeoning international programme. The last year has been one the most ambitious & rewarding years in our 9 year history. In May we produced a high profile city wide campaign to mark Idaho. We worked with Merseyside Probation Trust and over 50 Merseyside companies to create IDAHO 50. In the same month we produced a major hate crime conference with 15 Registered Social Landlords creating a new and free resource for Challenging Hate Crime. The resource will be available online soon with many of our award winning initiatives. Over the last year Homotopia has fast established itself as an international brand making a huge impact in gay culture both at home and abroad. In June we toured the hugely successful ‘Tom Of Finland Retrospective’ to the Kulturhuset in Stockholm where it attracted 31,000 visitors in 12 weeks. Since its launch in January 2011 in Turku the exhibition has now attracted over 120,000 visitors making it one of the biggest ever projects in our 9 year history. In July we were awarded a major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to develop a pioneering archive & exhibition project on Liverpool born transgender icon April Ashley which opens at the Museum of Liverpool in October 2013. 2013 will be Homotopia’s 10th anniversary and plans are already well underway to mark the year with some very special projects and events.

“If you’re after some intelligent, funny, touching, visionary, thought-provoking stuff to do in November, Homotopia is the place to be.’ DIVA Magazine

April Ashley

Archive & Exhibition 2012-2014 Homotopia is producing a major project on the life of April Ashley culminating in a year long exhibition at Museum Of Liverpool opening in October 2013. We are looking for participants and volunteers to help us deliver the April Ashley exhibition & heritage project. Tell us your story â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if your life has been touched by the issues being researched in the project or you have memories of Aprilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, Liverpool, going to sea, or life for Trans and LGB people over the past 70 years in Britain, we would love to hear your story for potential inclusion in the exhibition and/or booklet. If you are interested then please contact bev@homotopia.net for further details

Touko Laaksonen Archive 2012-2014

In 2012 Homotopia was instrumental in securing funding from the Turku 2011 Foundation to begin work on researching the personal archive of Touko Laaksonen (Tom Of Finland) as part of a major partnership with The Tom Of Finland Foundation Los Angeles, The Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art & Åbo Akademi University Library Turku who want to gather permanent collections of works & private ephemera by Tom of Finland material related to the artist in Turku. The first phase is now complete and will develop into a large scale archive and heritage programme documenting Tom’s early life in Finland including the Winter War and his early success as an artist. The collaboration with Turku 2011 has been a

truly inspiring and fantastic experience for Homotopia. The Tom Of Finland Retrospective project will continue and through this funding Homotopia Liverpool is now reaching significant international audiences across Scandanavia. For more info on the Touko Laaksonen Archive please contact artistic@homotopia.net

Credits & Acknowledgements Homotopia Gary Everett ; Artistic Director Welcome To My World curated by Duo Vision ; James Lawler & Martin Green Toby Coffey ; Marketing & Digital Bev Ayre ; Development, Fundraising and Production Sarah Denvir ; Finance Gemma Sands ; Festival Assistant Becki Evans, Ida Skovborg & Sophie Brown; Production & Youth Strand Louise Muddle ; Press & PR

Homotopia TV Tim Brunsden; Videography Gary Everett & Toby Coffey; Co Producers

Homotopia Board Dr Tony Harvey (Chair), Graeme Phillips, Rob Webb, Sue Williams, Bev Ayre, Gary Everett

Homotopia would like to say a big thank you to Graeme Phillips & Sue Williams Unity Theatre, Arts Council England, Angela Chappell, Claire McColgan, Culture Liverpool & Liverpool City Council, Cay Sevon & Turku 2011 Foundation, Arts Council Collection, Dr Tony Harvey & Hope Street Hotel, Trademark, Rob Webb & Voodou, Paul White, Bill Elms & Jen Heyes Jon Voss QX Sweden, Åbo Akademi University, Merseyside Police, Paivi Kiski @ Wäinö AaltonenMuseum of Art, Finnish Institute, Omar Kholeif, Cllr Paul Brant, Cllr Gary Millar, Neil Townsend & Jon Farrell @ Riverside, Cllr Wendy Simon, Janet Dugdale & Jane Duffy @ Museum Of Liverpool, Lyn Bowker @ Liverpool Mutual Homes, Jane Czyzselska @ DIVA, Homes for Everyone, John Quick @ Merseyside Probation Trust, John Whelan @ Rotunda, Graeme Robertson @ Out North West, Mark Edward @ Edge Hill University, Stuart Hurford @ Gay Times, Karen Newman @ Open Eye Gallery, Ian Richards & Camp and Furnace, Edge Hill University, Linda Pittwood, Emma Devlin & Andrew Winder National Museums Liverpool, Billy & Fiona @ The Gallery, Andy Green, Detective Constable Tracy O’Hara, Norma Kielty Crummey, Jacqui Everett, Karen Gallagher @ MDI, British Embassy Stockholm, Embassy of Finland Stockholm, Durk Dehner & Sharp Snr Tom Of Finland Foundation Los Angeles, Paul Robinson, Chris Peters Picturehouses, Marrie & Michael Causer Snr, Marta Abramowicz KPH Warsaw, Gerry Potter, Tony Burns & Rebecca Keegan @ SEEN magazine, , Martin Fenerty & Armistead Centre, Gary Manning & 60 Hope Street, Phil Saunders @ Unity, Helen Revera @ Liner Hotel, Liz Carlisle Urban Strawberry Lunch, St Lukes Church, Paul Harfleet & The Pansy Project, Danny Hall US Embassy Helsinki, Peter Smith @ Liverpool Vision.

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