Michael Stratford: Last News

Cabaret arrives on Broadway for the fifth time this spring in a smartly conceived reimagined Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. Based on John Van Druten’s 1951 play I Am a Camera, which was, in turn, inspired by gay novelist Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin, the musical was a watershed moment when it premiered in 1966, starring Joel Grey as the maniacal Emcee of a seedy nightclub in Weimer era Germany.

Three out of five known LGBTQ candidates running for election as delegates from D.C. to the Democratic National Convention won their races at an April 20 Democratic Party caucus election held at D.C.’s Walter Washington Convention Center.

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Donald Trump is winning over a significant portion of voters in the LGBTQ+ community, a report from Data for Progress has discovered this month.The progressive polling firm analyzed the responses of nearly 900 LGBTQ+ adults and found 22 percent had a favorable view of the former president.While more supported President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, the respondents were split on whether the Biden administration is doing better or worse than they expected.Just under half (45 percent) said Biden has done better, while 47 percent said he is doing worse than anticipated. And 70 percent of LGBTQ+ adults who identify as Democrats want the party to do more to protect transgender and queer Americans from anti-LGBTQ+ laws.Still, 57 percent of those surveyed indicated they had a favorable opinion of the Democratic Party, and 51 percent said the same about Biden.But if Trump can bring in the support of even a quarter of the group that traditionally has gone to the Democratic candidate, there could be implications for election results.The higher support for Trump might come down to the policy issues LGBTQ+ Americans are prioritizing this election cycle.

A bill is being discussed in the Iraqi parliament that would introduce the death penalty or life in prison for same-sex relations, Reuters reported this week. Western diplomats have warned Iraqi lawmakers that if passed the law could have serious consequences for Iraq’s political and economic ties. According