queermatter
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Run(a)way Arab
It’s nigh on impossible not to really like Amrou Al-Kadhi an out and proud queer Iraqi drag queen / activist / writer / actor / journalist / filmmaker. He is also disarmingly charming to boot. The London-based founder and star of Denim the drag superstar group has always been such an articulate advocate about being…
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Rugby Strip
When queerguru went to school (!) a rugby strip was what we called the kits we donned to play this big butch (and very rough) game that was meant to make men of all us scrawny awkward teenagers. Nowadays however the term means something entirely different as it seems that every rugby team when they…
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Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level
Great news if you live in Europe or your computer can play Region 2 DVD’s as next week sees the release of a fully restored high definition version of The Naked Civil Servant, unquestionably one of queerguru’s favorite classic queer movies. From 1976, it tells the remarkable true story of Quentin Crisp, self-proclaimed England’s…
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Vote for Joe
With the British General Election just days away and with Prime Minister Theresa May with her very spotty record on LGBT rights now looking more like the dreaded Maggie Thatcher every day, the Brits have desperately been looking for distractions and things to cheer them up. They seemed to have settled on the perfect…
