Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen 21 year old Susanna announces to the world her decision to start transitioning you are suddenly aware that she has been processing this thought for several years and is now at peace with her choice, but it’s going to be tougher for her family to catch up and totally embrace all the consequences. Sarah … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen husband and wife filmmakers Sheila Canavan and Michael Chandler first approached the Democratic Congressman for Massachusetts with the idea of making a documentary about him they just envisioned that it would simply cover his last year in Office prior to his retirement. They quickly discovered that there was a whole wealth of history and stories … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMalcolm Ingram’s delightful new documentary is ostensibly about New York’s most famous gay Bath House , but is as much the story of Steve Ostrow it’s larger than life founder. Ostrow’s colorful tale is very Runyonesque and makes for fascinating hearing, more so as Ingram seems fit to never challenge any of his more outrageous statements … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHaving directed/produced two major queer documentaries in the past : The Cockettes (2002) and We Were Here (2011), Emmy Award nominated filmmaker David Weissman has now created a documentary storytelling project focused on older gay men. In each of his ‘Conversations With Gay Elders’ Weissman conducts interviews with gay men in their 70’s as they … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques‘It makes you realise how thin the scab over homophobia really is when it doesn’t take much to pick through it’ so said Award-Winning gay playwright Terrence McNally when religious fanatics scared the Manhattan Theater Club into cancelling the run of his play. The year was 1998 and the play was ‘Corpus Christi’ which depicted Jesus … Continue reading