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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘RAINS OVER BABEL’ a labyrinthine queer extravaganza
This is a labyrinthine queer extravaganza that fingers Dante´s Inferno with neon lights and glitter at the end of the tunnel. Set in a retrofuturistic tropical version of Cali, Colombia (aka Ciudad de Maya), a large group of characters are part of the plot, led by a young man named the Apothecary (Santiago Pineda) who…
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Queerguru asks Prof Lisa M Stulberg on ‘HOW TO WIN A CULTURE WAR’ and bring change to the queer community
It’s rare for a new book to circulate around the Queerguru Office and spark such a heated discussion… especially when it’s about social changes in our own queer community. The title ‘How To Win a Culture War’ promised to explore the important role played by pop culture in development in the book written by Lisa…
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert reviews THE MAN I LOVE the latest film from queer auteur IRA SACHS
Gay American independent filmmaker Ira Sachs may have detractors, although for those who follow his films, The Man I Love offers a seamless deepening of themes to follow on from Passages 2023 and Peter Hujar’s Day 2025. The setting is New York in the 1980’s and a world threatened by the AIDS/HIV virus. This is not, as some may claim, just another…
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Sir Patrick Stewart : one of the queer community’s greatest allies: dies aged 86
As we become more immersed in our queer sensibility and life, we quickly learn not just about our own community but about who our allies are, too. This week we lost one of our finest. Many talk the talk, but very few walk the walk so well as the legendary British actor Sir Patrick Stewart,…
