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  • The End, part of a different approach to gay erotica films

    The End, part of a different approach to gay erotica films

      Noel Alejandro is a Barcelona-Berlin based independent filmmaker and conceptual adult films director whose path is driven by all kinds of art that breaks taboos, and whose work we have featured several times on queerguru.  His latest movie that is being released later this week as usual treads the fine line between art and pornography depending…

  • Chelsea Manning wants to be first transgender US Senator

    Chelsea Manning wants to be first transgender US Senator

    Chelsea E. Manning the transgender former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who was convicted for giving more than 700,000 classified military documents to WikiLeaks, is officially planning to run for a U.S. Senate seat.  Manning, who revealed she was transgender during her trial, was initially denied medical treatment in her all-male prison to facilitate her transition. Following multiple…

  • London’s LipSinkers a sight you will not want to miss

    London’s LipSinkers a sight you will not want to miss

    Like clockwork every first Friday of the month the very motley crew of performers collectively known as The LipSinkers take over the stage at the legendary RVT (Royal Vauxhall Tavern) the oldest gay bar in South London.  With their wickedly camp sense of outrageous humor which borders on the insane (or maybe beyond) and dressed…

  • Trans Youth talk about the labels society hangs on them

    Trans Youth talk about the labels society hangs on them

    In this new short film by award-winning trans filmmaker/activist Jake Graf he simply asked trans youth about the labels put on them by society. The result is a powerful message challenging the stigma of what it means to be trans today. Like all of Graf’s work it makes an essential contribution to the continuing dialogue…