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  • Queerguru’s Ris Fatah and his favorite picks at FREIZE London Art Fair

    Queerguru’s Ris Fatah and his favorite picks at FREIZE London Art Fair

    Frieze London is one of the world’s most influential contemporary art fairs, focusing only on contemporary art and living artists, and takes place each October in The Regent’s Park, in the heart of London. The fair’s exhibiting galleries represent some of the most exciting artists working today, from the emerging to the iconic; and a…

  • Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray will never die

    Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray will never die

      It may have been 130 years since Oscar Wilde’s classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published but the interest in never ever seems to dim.  Maybe Dorian’s obsession with his beauty never fading so that he agrees to sell his soul is what still resounds with us loudly. Definitely, Dorian pursuing…

  • Queerguru’s Peter Minkoff on Reexamining Shame and Internalized Homophobia in Gay Men 

    Queerguru’s Peter Minkoff on Reexamining Shame and Internalized Homophobia in Gay Men 

      What associations do you have with the word “homophobia?” Any particular feelings, thoughts, or images? Any discomfort? Do you feel tense, open, curious, or defensive? It’s fine to feel one or more of any of these things. When we come to reexamine shame and internalized homophobia, removing judgment from the equation is the first…

  • All The Lonely People need your help ….

    All The Lonely People need your help ….

      Stu Maddux is the director of the award-winning doc Gen Silent about the plight of some LGBTQ seniors and also Reel In The Closet a look back from the days when being gay was illegal.  Queerguru is a great fan of his work and as his latest film, ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE is a…