Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Brooklyn Museum’s Exhibit NOBODY PROMISED YOU TOMORROW : ART 50 YEARS AFTER STONEWALL is on view until December 8th 2019. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of Stonewall riots and explores its profound legacy within contemporary art and visual culture today. The title of the Exhibit uses the words of the transgender activist/artist Marsha … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAfter Mark Blane and Ben Mankoff’s oddball comedy CUBBY premiered at OUTFEST LGBTQ Film Festival in LA the films producers and crew celebrated with a wonderful party in the grounds of the iconic Tom of Finland’s home in Echo Park The party was at the invitation of LA based Stuart Sandford formerly Artist in Residence … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterQueerguru’s London Correspondent JONATHAN KEMP has another day job too. He is the published author of London Triptych (Myriad, 2010) which was shortlisted for the inaugural Green Carnation Prize and won the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award in 2011. His other fiction works include Twentysix (2011) and Ghosting (2015), and his nonfiction works include … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe way that Frenchman Richard Legay came out to his family (and yes that is his real name) was to join forces with his brother and open a Boulangerie in Paris’ ‘gay’ Marais district and bake very special bread. LeGay calls them ‘baguette magique’ which literally translates in to ‘magic wands’ which is the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHow far should go with political correctness in not offending gender-neutral folk? Well one Californian City thinks we should go all the way and beyond. Berkeley City Council should be applauded for their new measure which states that ‘She,’ ‘her,’ ‘he,’ and ‘him’ will be replaced by ‘they’ and ‘them.’ But then the … Continue reading
