Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFreddie Mercury was an iconic rock superstar whose passion for music ….. and life …. is the central focus on this enchanting new documentary made for British TV by actor/director and devoted Queen ‘expert’ Rhys Thomas. It centers mainly on the latter part of Mercury’s career when he was dabbling with breaking away from Queen … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe history of gay rights in Cuba is as best described as patchy. Although they repealed their Sodomy Laws in 1979 (26 years before the US did) homosexual acts were still a punishable crime until 1988. In 1992 the Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader made a very public statement ‘I am absolutely opposed to any form … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTen years in the making this new excellent documentary from filmmaker Erin Palmquist is the engaging story of Ghazwan Alsharif an Iraqi refugee and former translator for the U.S. military. After years of service helping the American invading forces, he was wrongfully accused of espionage and tortured by the military police in Iraq for some 75 days … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is the story of Dennis (Kim Kold) a Danish middle-aged pumped-up 6′ 5″ bodybuilder who weighs in at 305 lbs but still lives at home with his diminutive shrew of a mother who bullies him like mad. After Dennis’s old Uncle Bent (Allan Mogensen) marries his new young Thai bride it sets him off … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques‘From This Day Forward’ is a new very personal documentary that adds yet another dimension to the whole transgender dialogue. Filmmaker Sharon Shattock’s very compelling movie is about her own father who began transitioning when she was still in grade school. The news absolutely horrified her and her younger sister, and she all but rejected … Continue reading