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GRINDR used to advise gay men to undress NOW it wants to clothe us
As a queer website, we are used to having our imaginations stretched almost daily, but the PR release that landed in Queerguru’s in tray today even had our Editor blurt out ….’ Now I’ve heard everything’! It was from GRINDR ( and please do not pretend you don’t know who they are!). The world’s largest…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews T THE MOVIE a drama about testosterone that turns private, public, quietly tragic, and painfully hilarious
T is a movie about taking testosterone, and is written and directed by Lane Michael Stanley and co-written by Mel Glickman. Based on the story of Emily- Em-Rosenthal (Mel Glickman), only child of a Jewish single mother Rebecca (Deb Fink) and a charming/good man who abandoned her and the baby, Em knows this about…
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An Evening sharing the work of Quentin Crisp (except for his pernicious homophobia )
Quentin Crisp was a flamboyant and eccentric queer raconteur: a great wit who was also a controversial gay icon. His life story sounds somewhat like a Jean Genet novel: a rent boy who spent some 20 years undressed as artists model, who spent WWII dressed very effeminately and cruised the streets of London looking to…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘QUEER AS PUNK’ set in Malaysia
Malaysia is a multi-racial nation where LGBT people are criminalized, all ethnic Malay persons are born Muslims from birth and for life, and Muslims can’t renounce Islam. Queer Muslims can face additional charges under the Islamic Sharia laws. Kuala Lumpur is the city where “Shh…Diam!”, a three-member punk band is based and performs. Faris Saad…
