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  • Why do positive queer images in the media still get the self-righteous right up in arms?

    Why do positive queer images in the media still get the self-righteous right up in arms?

      Queerguru actually loves the fact that anytime our community is shown in such a positive light the ‘angry right’ trip over themselves to condemn it.   On this occasion it’s not an advertisement, as usual, that is the target for their ire, but Twix’s sponsorship of a Halloween-themed episode of Hulu’s “Bite Size Halloween” series …

  • Polari presents Prizes …. and more

    Polari presents Prizes …. and more

      Queerguru wants to add their congrats to the winners of this year’s POLARI  PRIZE for the best new queer literature.  The ‘Polaris’ the gift of the literary salon of the same name that was founded by writer and journalist Paul Burston are THE most prestigious awards of their kind and are highly sought-after. (Sort…

  • Coming Out in Football is still a very big deal : here are the latest 2 brave souls

    Coming Out in Football is still a very big deal : here are the latest 2 brave souls

      Sport (and particularly football)  is still one of the last great bastions of homophobia (and misogyny) that ensures that the LGBTQ+ communities acceptance is often at a snail’s pace. So much so when 21-year Australian professional footballer Josh Cavallo came out as gay this week it made headlines around the world which is still…

  • This Gay Artist Challenged Sexuality Norms Long Before We Could Imagine

    This Gay Artist Challenged Sexuality Norms Long Before We Could Imagine

    Celebrating homoeroticism, androgyny, nakedness & unbounded love REPRINTED FROM https://medium.com/  COPYRIGHT Kamna Kirti Idyll by George Quaintance.  Can you imagine a gay visual artist in 1950s America who embraced gender fluidity long before the term was even coined? Imagine how difficult it would be to aesthetically portray homoeroticism long before when being gay was not…