SIberia and Him : a love affair doomed from the start

  There cannot possibly be a more desolate place to live on Earth than in the vast plains of Siberia where the sparsely populated people miserably eake out a living and simply pray that there is no return  to war.  When Sasha’s grandmother fails to answer her phone for days the family send him off … Continue reading

Sid & Judy : the life of a tortured genius

  In the Queerguru Office right now we are having (yet) another Judy Garland moment. And why shouldn’t we  for as gay filmmaker Stephen Kijak has stated it is in our DNA  and he’s a kind of expert on both.  As we eagerly await to see Miss Zellweger’s star turn in the new biopic JUDY … Continue reading

SIDE EFFECTS

A chronically depressed young woman attempts suicide just days after her new husband has been released from prison after he served a sentence for insider trading. The Psychiatrist on duty in the ER room prescribes different regimes of drugs which do not shake off the ‘poisonous fog bank’ she is immersed in until she persuades … Continue reading

Sidney and Friends : the lives of a group of intersex and trans youth in Kenya

  Nearly every documentary that depicts someone’s transitioning journey is tough to sit and watch.  Mainly because as they struggle with gender dysphoria they are made outcasts by their families,  and facing poverty and unable to be employed become sex workers which puts their whole lives at risk. Very few are able to take this … Continue reading

Sidney Fox’s Crime: rent boy, conman, thief?

  Sidney Fox’s Crime is the latest play at London’s cute queer theatre and cabaret space, Above The Stag, in Vauxhall. This drama is a true story, written and directed by Taggart creator Glenn Chandler. We follow handsome male prostitute, thief and forger, Sidney Fox (Sebastian Calver), as he travels the country during the roaring … Continue reading

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