queerquru Top Ten LGBT Docs of 2016

  2016 was a particularly golden year for the number of LGBTQ documentaries that found their way onto our screens. From movies that looked back at our history and iconic cultural figures in our past, to the ones that focused on the everyday struggles of queer youth coming to terms with their identity and fitting … Continue reading

Queeruru’s fav. early queer music and gay anthems

  Early music about being gay relied very much on innuendos so much so that very few people ever realized that Tutti Fruiti by gay singer Little Richard in 1955 was about anal sex.  Some performers like Noel Coward would be more risque when he wrote/sang If Love Were All …… in 1929 but when … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Top Picks of Must See Movies at BFI FLARE : London’s Queer Film Fest

  The  37th Edition of the annual BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival is just about to kick-off at Southbank.  Its one of QUEERGURU’S favorite queer film fests …… not just because it is the biggest in Europe but also because it’s in one of QUEERGURU’s global home bases. BFI Flare is divided into three thematic … Continue reading

Quick Change

In the back streets of Manila amidst a vibrant transsexual community Dorina who is known as the ‘Doc’, is the purveyor of quick fix beauty enhancements.   In a culture obsessed with looks and glamour this ex-entertainer provides the necessary collagen implants so that the ‘lady-birds’ can be transformed into a replica of their favorite female … Continue reading

QUIET CHAOS

  One doesn’t usually associate Italians with restraint, but in this enchanting movie from 2008 that I have just come across, they are just exactly that in the telling of this wee drama about surviving a death in a family. In a bizarre coincidence when Pietro returns from the beach with his brother after they … Continue reading

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