Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHappy (81st) Birthday Dame Maggie Smith CH DBE who, with 6 Oscar Nominations and 2 Wins and countless other awards (don’t lets forget the 5 BAFTAS), is one of THE leading actresses of her generation, and one of our favorite gay icons of all time. From “Desdemona” with Sir Lawrence Olivier (Oscar Nomination 1965) to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterElsworth Kelly one of the greatest American Artists of the 20th Century has just died at aged 92. He is survived by his husband of some 28 years the photographer Jack Shear. Kelly’s simplistic and highly colorful work made his work so highly accessible and here are just a few of our many favorite … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe main thing about large scale fraud ( apart from the greed) is the sheer audacity, and no-one has more of that than convicted felon Lord Edward Davenport. This new short movie by Vice Media tells the true story of his rags to riches story of this high class confidence trickster. Also known as … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn case you’ve been nowhere the sports pages this week, then you may not know that Abby Wambach has just played her very last game of soccer. Wambach openly gay and a six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, has been a regular on the U.S. women’s national soccer team since 2003 … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe much beloved Cynthia Payne known by all simply as ‘Madame Cyn’ when she gained notoriety as Britain’s most famous Brothel Madam and who singly-handed exposed the hypocrisy of the country’s prudish and ridiculous morality laws back in the 1970s, has now died aged 82. When the Police raided her very ordinary looking home in the London suburbs they found a … Continue reading
