Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe recent infamous interview that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave to the Queen ……..ooops we meant Oprah Winfrey …… is just yet another example of how the tabloid media obsession with ‘bad news’ can ruin lives. It’s kind of irrelevant to them if it’s fake or real news : it’s hard to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIf you were one of those people who thought that George Takei aka Sulu had retired along with the USS Enterprise over 20 years ago, you would be greatly mistaken. Since then, and particularly after he eventually officially ‘came out’ as a gay man in 2005, it’s been nigh on impossible to avoid seeing him … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJust 4 days after American/Iranian filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain finished his transitioning, Trump was elected President. Despite his occasional rhetoric about wanting to be the President for all Americans, what followed was the most divisive and hate-ridden four years in our country’s history. Some of the worst hit were the transgender community which Trump and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHot on the heels of Sam Feder’s excellent Netflix documentary DISCLOSURE comes breaking news about another investigation into the ‘plight’ of the trans community in the US. Feder’s film is an unprecedented, eye-opening look at transgender depictions in film and television, revealing how Hollywood simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender. Whereas … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe story of the journey that transwoman Janae Marie Kroczaleski took to become her true identity is not only wonderfully uplifting but filmmaker Michael Del Monte’s affectionate documentary captures it all perfectly without any hint of sensationalism that usually accompanies stories like Janae’s. It all really starts back in In the summer of 2015 when former US … Continue reading