a-z index - QUEERGURU

Taming The Lion : the true story of the first openly gay Hollywood Star

Taming The Lion ☆☆☆☆☆ Theater 40, Beverley Hills. Jack Rushen’s ‘Taming The Lion’ is the true story of of the contentious relationship between movie mogul Louis B. Mayer, and the first openly gay star, William Haines. Although he’s largely forgotten today, actor William Haines was one of Hollywood’s top leading men of the silent … Continue reading

Tangerine

It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Alexandra has just blown her last couple of dollars on buying Sin-Dee her best friend a pastry to celebrate her return after a 28 day stint in Jail. The mood quickly changes as these two transgendered prostitutes are dishing the dirty and Alexandra lets slip that Sin-Dee’s boyfriend/pimp Chester … Continue reading

Tanzanian Activist/Singer Hunter Blue is SO GAY

Activist and singer Hunter Blue is from Tanzania, which is one of the 76 countries in the world where homosexuality is still illegal. His way of dealing with discrimination is through dance and song and this rather wonderful new music video of his ….SO GAY ….is very much a rallying cry for activism in and … Continue reading

Tate Modern Lates : a celebration of women artists in Tate’s Collection

A Workshop entitled DEAREST ART COLLECTOR hosted by Ferren Gibson is just one of the many events at TATE LATES this week that celebrate women artists in Tate’s collection in London. Inspired by Guerrilla Girls’ Dearest Art Collector, when they began a campaign that targeted museums, dealers, critics, and artists who they felt were responsible … Continue reading

Tattoo (aka Tatuagem)

In 1978 on the outskirts of Recife, a city in the north of Brazil, a subversive decadent theatre troupe are rehearsing one of their most outrageous shows as the last Military Dictatorship starts to crumble. The star is Paulette a self-absorbed over-the-top drag queen and she and the motley cast perform everything from homoerotic skits (leaving … Continue reading