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  • From Pandemic to Prairie

    From Pandemic to Prairie

      Maybe it is because of COVID 19 Lockdown Madness but Buzz Feed reports of a new very worrying trend.  We hesitate it call it ‘fashion’ even though it as all about some of Target’s ‘finest’ dresses. The folks at Target have decided if we’re gonna suffer a pandemic, we might as well look like…

  • Naked and Invisible

    Naked and Invisible

      How do you get naked in public without being arrested? Double world body painting champion Carolyn Roper camouflages people to disappear in public places. Then they pounce! In a  series for UK’s Channel 4 Roper shows how her provocative art attracts the attention of surprised and delighted passersby.  None more so than when her…

  • 24 year old Dolly shares her very real heartbreaking story of surviving as a lesbian in Egypt

    24 year old Dolly shares her very real heartbreaking story of surviving as a lesbian in Egypt

      When Dutch Jewish filmmaker Evelyn Markus introduced Queerguru (via Email) to Dolly a young woman in Egypt, who lives in a severely oppressive society as a lesbian and atheist, we immediately knew we wanted to share  her story. Her heartbreaking tale of trying simply to exist and being true to her self is incredibly…

  • Films:Dance

    Films:Dance

    Films.Dance, is a groundbreaking International Film Series featuring Artists from more than 25 Countries Premiering a new Short Film Every Week. It is  produced by and under the creative direction of LA-based Jacob Jonas The Company and continues on February 22 with EDGING NORMAL, the fifth of 15 short dance films to be released –…