Lucian Dunareanu
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Lucian Dunăreanu is a Romanian gay rights activist and the executive director of Be An Angel
Romania, an LGBT
rights organisation based in Cluj-Napoca
.
Festival, which includes, alongside a film festival, the Miss Travesty contest and the Gay Prize Gala for contributions to Romania's LGBT community. Dunăreanu is the editor of Romania's first LGBT magazine, Angelicuss
; he was also editor of the short-lived Switch
magazine.
Dunareanu is the owner of the Toxice
musical group, which is the first professional drag queen
band in Romania, and was the first Romanian group of its kind to enter the Eurovision national preselection. The slogan of Toxice is that "Drag queen is an art and has nothing to do with sexual orientation".
Alongside these activities, Dunăreanu also participates in AIDS awareness and prevention campaigns.
Be An Angel
Be An Angel Romania is a Romanian human rights organisation based in Cluj-Napoca founded by Lucian Dunăreanu, a LGBT rights activist...
Romania, an LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
rights organisation based in Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
.
LGBT activities
Since 2004 he has organized the Gay Film NightsGay Film Nights
Gay Film Nights is an LGBT film festival organised annually in Cluj-Napoca, Romania by the LGBT association Be An Angel. By presenting a series of films with LGBT themes, it seeks to showcase LGBT culture and cinema, while also initiating a dialogue with other members of society...
Festival, which includes, alongside a film festival, the Miss Travesty contest and the Gay Prize Gala for contributions to Romania's LGBT community. Dunăreanu is the editor of Romania's first LGBT magazine, Angelicuss
Angelicuss
Angelicuss is the first Romanian LGBT magazine and is published by Be An Angel, an LGBT rights organisation from Cluj-Napoca. The magazine was initially only available through the internet, with the first print version released in November 2004 and distributed free of charge. In 2005, the magazine...
; he was also editor of the short-lived Switch
Switch (Romanian magazine)
Switch was a Romanian LGBT magazine published by Michael Labelle of CONTRAAD, SRL, now defunct. Switch was the first commercial glossy magazine for the LGBT Community in Romania...
magazine.
Dunareanu is the owner of the Toxice
Toxice
Toxice is the 1st drag queen band submitting the Romanian national preselection at Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The band is composed of: Divina Duvall , Alehandra del Barrio, Fernanda and Bella Blue. The slogan of Toxice is that "Drag queen is an art and has nothing to do with sexual...
musical group, which is the first professional drag queen
Drag queen
A drag queen is a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. There are many kinds of drag artists and they vary greatly, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once. Drag queens also vary by class and culture and...
band in Romania, and was the first Romanian group of its kind to enter the Eurovision national preselection. The slogan of Toxice is that "Drag queen is an art and has nothing to do with sexual orientation".
Alongside these activities, Dunăreanu also participates in AIDS awareness and prevention campaigns.