Mixed Kebab

Bram is in his 20’s and a good-looking Belgian/Turkish gay man who is rather smitten with blond, blue-eyed Kevin who works with his mother at their wee Cafe in Antwerp.  Unusually for self-confident Bram who subsides his Waiter’s job by some small time drug dealing on the side, he is however unsure of either Kevin’s … Continue reading

MODERN IS NOW : Stories Of Our Future

  The Paul Taylor Dance Company’s annual New York seasons have  been one of the highlights of the City’s cultural scene since  1977.  This year  however the Covid Lockdown has changed all that but instead they are holding a virtual benefit which looks like it’s going to be a fabulous one-off Event Modern Is Now: … Continue reading

Modus Vivendi : for showing your best side for the rest of this Summer

    August may be in a rush to finish but for Queerguru. summer is not over yet, and we are more than happy to get our hands on a new swimsuit for the rest of the season.  Especially if its from Modus Vivendi .  The collection is designed by Christos Bimpitsos and is all … Continue reading

MOFFIE : a harrowing coming-of-age tale

  The fact that ‘moffie’ is the South African equivalent of ‘faggot’ sets the tone for one of the most harrowing coming-of-age films we have ever seen.  It is set in South Africa in 1981 in the midst of apartheid where the white minority still dominate and persecute the ‘colored’ population.  They however are not … Continue reading

Moffie : Soldier stripped bare 

  At one point in this movie the lead character, Nicholas Van der Swar (Kai Luke Brummer) is warned “Try to stay invisible” but there is nowhere to hide as director Oliver Hermanus slowly and powerfully strips individuality and intimacy away from him. Conscripted at sixteen into the white supremacist army defending the apartheid of … Continue reading

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