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  • I Don’t Pop My Cork For Every Man I See

    I Don’t Pop My Cork For Every Man I See

    The words are from one of Dame Shirley Bassey’s numerous hits ‘Big Spender’ and may (or may not) be true about the diva’s very colorful life that helped established her as Britain’s favorite gay icon.  Dame Shirley, best known for singing three of the James Bond theme songs, started performing 63 years ago at the…

  • queerguru’s weekly barometer

    queerguru’s weekly barometer

    Usually every week queerguru takes a brief look at some of the big things that have made us smile and get a real ‘high five’ aka the ice cream emoji, and at the other end of the scale, those things that have really pissed us off and get a very big thumbs downs aka the…

  • Vivienne Westwood Menswear Spring/Summer 2017

    Vivienne Westwood Menswear Spring/Summer 2017

        Menswear designers come and go in and out of fashion but in queerguru’s book there is one that will always remain head and shoulders above them all.  Dame Vivienne Westwood’s latest collection for Spring/Summer 2017 shows her usual innovative flair, and although there may be few of us who can/will wear it as…

  • Alex Yocu’s Russian Dancers & Actors

    Alex Yocu’s Russian Dancers & Actors

    Alex Yocu is a celebrated Russian photographer who started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers but realizing that financial wizardry was not not for him, picked up a camera in 2010  and has never looked back. His very impressive portfolio covers fashion, advertising and reportage, but he has established a reputation as one of the leading theatre…