Month: February 2021
Going Down Under for Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival
Now is when we should leave the snow of the Western Hemisphere and go Down Under. The 28th Edition of Queer Screen – Mardi Gras Film Festival is ls already underway in Sydney and Online. It is the fifth largest LGBTQ Film Fest, and one of the very best. Here’s Queerguru Pick of the…
The Coast is Queer : Queer literary Festival Feb 2021
At one point during the session Queers in the Library, there was a brief discussion of the concept of space itself, that the library can be as much a virtual zone as a material one, a space both physical and theoretical. It seemed to me to sum up the whole of the festival…
Dame Maggie Smith and Kathleen Turner : Stories and maybe some Shade
Over 20 years ago (and pre Downton) Dame Maggie Smith was starring in Alan Bennett’s play The Lady in The Van in the Queens Theatre in London’s West End. She was nominated for a Best Actress Award at the Oliviers and then later she would reprise the role in the film adaptation. Meanwhile at the…
Hiding Place : a short film by Orla Keaveney
Our thanks to Irelands GCN (just celebrating its 33rd year as Ireland’s National LGBTQ+ press) for making us aware of this cute short queer film from writer/director Orla Keaveney . Set in the Covid 19 Lockdown, ‘Hiding Places’ is about the how tough it can be when you are still not out to…
What”s The T? Juno Dawson’s frank and funny guide for young trans
Brit Juno Dawson is a bestselling trans novelist, screenwriter, journalist, Stonewall UK Ambassador and a columnist for Attitude Magazine. In What’s the T?, Dawson’s latest book she defines a myriad of labels and identities and offers uncensored advice on coming out, sex and relationships with her trademark humor and lightness of touch. The synopsis…
