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  • Happy 82nd Birthday Dame Maggie

    Happy 82nd Birthday Dame Maggie

    With all this talk about the iconic divas who have left us in 2016, it’s a kind of a nice change to celebrate the birthday of one who is very much with us and still working at the ripe old age of 82. Dame Maggie Smith CH DBE, 6 time Oscar nominee and 2 time winner,…

  • So Farewell China and Nana : RIP

    So Farewell China and Nana : RIP

    To borrow an expression from H.M. The Queen, 2016 has been an ‘annus horribilis‘, and the LGBT community in particular has said goodbye to so many icons/allies/friends that the deaths of some of the less famous ones are sidelined and almost over-looked. queerguru wants to honor a couple of amazing women from totally different walks…

  • The Night We Saw George Michael

    The Night We Saw George Michael

    It was 28th November 1999, and the occasion was a star-studded Gala at London’s Royal Albert Hall to mark the 10th Anniversary of UK gay-rights organization Stonewall.   The MC for the night was Sir Ian McKellen and the headliners were Sir Elton John and George Michael. This rather fabulous celebratory evening was mainly memorable…

  • It Doesn’t Always Snow at Christmas

    It Doesn’t Always Snow at Christmas

    The fab Pet Shop Boys remind us that it doesn’t always snow at Christmas and we would kind of freak us out if it did here at the queerguru HQ as our hometown is Miami Beach.  Anyway here are the Boys performing their song at the O2 Arena in London, where even they do not…