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  • U.K.’s Pride Power List of LGBT Movers & Shakers

    U.K.’s Pride Power List of LGBT Movers & Shakers

    Congratulations to my friend Jake Graf the trans activist/filmmaker/actor who made it on to the Out News Global’s Pride Power List of all the most influential people in the U.K.’s LGBT community.  At number 55 Jake was just topped by distinguished artist Sir David Hockney at 54 which can’t be a such a bad thing!   

  • Congratulations Doctor George Takei

    Congratulations Doctor George Takei

    Congratulations to George  Takei,  actor, director, author, and activist for many causes including LGBT rights who has just received another well deserved award in the form of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during Cal State LA’s Commencement. queerguru sat down with Takei one of our very favorite people last summer for an interview we…

  • gendr app : a safe space for the queer community

    gendr app : a safe space for the queer community

    GENDR claims to be the world’s very first app created for the gender variant and queer community. They aim to provide a safe space to discuss current events, swap advice, share life experiences  plus chat, private message & share photos with other members. It is a subscription service which costs just $5 a month.   The organizers…

  • Dutch Straight Men Bare All to Support Us Gays

    Dutch Straight Men Bare All to Support Us Gays

    It’s always great that the gay community can often count on some wonderfully supportive ‘straight’ allies.  Better still when they are very good looking  and are prepared to (literally) bare all to question people’s assumptions about masculinity and sexuality. Jan Versteegh and Tim Hofman, co-hosts on the Dutch broadcasting network BNN, took it upon themselves to strip…