The Aggressives

  As part of the continuing dialogue about gender identity and how we define ourselves. Breaking Glass Pictures has just released on VOD  the 2005 documentary The Aggressives. Directed by filmmaker Daniel Peddle it is intimate portrait of six very different young mainly Black lesbians from New York who stress their masculine sides who self … Continue reading

The AIDS Memorial Project is something we should all know about

  Having been sent this photo of artist Zach Grear wearing the T-Shirt he designed to raise much-need funds for Housing Works Project that fights homelessness and AIDS In NY,  prompted queerguru to check out The Aids Memorial Project too. Their Instagram account is a forum for powerful and moving tributes to some of the remarkable man … Continue reading

The Amazing Truth of Queen Racquela

  From 2008 comes this hybrid docudrama that does such a good melding fact with fiction we have no idea which is which.  Somehow that doesn’t seem to matter. The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is the story of 2O year old Filipino Ladyboy who makes a living as a sex worker in Manilla.  Raquela … Continue reading

THE AMBASSADOR

‘THE AMBASSADOR’ is the work of Mads Brugger a Danish documentarian setting himself up as an ‘African Diplomat’ and under the pretense of representing Liberia he settles in the Central African Republic ostensibly to expose widespread corruption but at the same time becoming a diamond drug smuggler. This hilarious and completely compelling movie is about being a con-man … Continue reading

The anarchic humor of the iconic David Hoyle

  The title ‘queer icon’ is so overused these days and usually for describing the most unqualified of people.  It does however perfectly fit David Hoyle a legendary English performance artist, avant-garde cabaret artist, singer, actor, comedian, and film director. Since the early 1990’s Hoyle’s surreal satirical performances have established him as one of our … Continue reading

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