a-z index - QUEERGURU

Identfying the LGBTQ+ community by Flags

We always tell our heteronormative friends and allies that there may not be an actual exam to pass to be gay BUT we are expected to absorb an awful lot of additional knowledge. Take flags for example. The original rainbow flag was created in 1977 by Gilbert Baker, an artist, activist, and openly gay … Continue reading

Identify : 5 Trans Athletes tell their Stories

Identify is a stunning new series of five documentaries made by Vice Media and being broadcast on The Olympic Channel that features five transgender athletes through their journeys to their true identities. The first episode premiered on Wednesday, June 28 but still can be viewed On Demand and ob the channel’s own app. The athletes featured … Continue reading

Idina Menzel remixes Dream Girl (from Cinderella)

To say we do not care for Amazon Prime’s new movie adaption of Cinderella is rather an understatement. However, we do LOVE this new video of Tony Award winner Idina Menzel singing a Nile Rogers remix of Dream Girl that Menzel wrote for the film. Idina Menzel stars as Vivian, the evil stepmother in this … Continue reading

idiots …. GAY idiots : an unmissable queer vaudevillian night at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

To get your show noticed in the over 3500 shows in Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, in the words of the great Gypsy Rose Lee ‘you’ve gotta get a gimmick’. For Grace Fool and Jennifer Schmennifer its in their title ‘idiots …. gqy idiots‘ which immediately appealed to our weird queer sense of humor … Continue reading

If everyone survives Qatar hosting the World Cup what’s next for upholding LGBTQ rights in sports?

The new edition of the New Yorker pertinently reminds us FIFA awarded Qatar the right to host the World Cup on December 2, 2010. On the same day, the organization’s executive committee voted to give Russia the 2018 edition. Of the twenty-two men who voted, fifteen were later indicted by American or Swiss prosecutors, … Continue reading