John Waters receives 'crown of queer royalty' at 27th Lambda Literary Awards

Alison Bechdel, Alan Cumming, and Gloria Steinem among presenters at LGBT writers’ event: ‘A celebration of queer culture and queer literature’

At the beginning of last night’s Lambda Literary Awards in New York City, the host and comedian Kate Clinton was introduced as a “one-woman Pussy Riot”. That set the jovial and playful tone of the evening right up until film-maker John Waters accepted the final award of the evening two hours later.

The “Lammys”, now in their 27th year, are the highlight of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literary world. Yet steeped as they are in celebrity and ceremony, the Lammys weren’t as stuffy or straight as many LGBT awards shows often are: they were unabashedly, gleefully queer, representing the many facets of queer life.

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