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  • Halloween …because sometimes its scary being gay

    Halloween …because sometimes its scary being gay

      Queerguru always thought that we queers loved Halloween because it was yet another holiday where we could dress up , and even crazier than ever.  However we are told by our new friends    at image+nation its also because sometimes it’s scary being queer..   They should know because  as Canada’s first LGBTQ film festival…

  • Netflix’s two major musicals : Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Prom

    Netflix’s two major musicals : Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Prom

      Netflix has not one, but two big musical films about to be released and vying for both our hearts, minds  and  Academy Awards too. The first one Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, an adaptation of August Wilson’s  Tony Award Winning play about the Chicago blues titan. With  Viola Davis giving a sublime performance in the…

  • Jean-Baptiste Huong : Sweet Fantasies 2021

    Jean-Baptiste Huong : Sweet Fantasies 2021

      Jean-Baptiste Huong is a director, editor and image designer based in Paris. Each year he produces a stunning new Calendar featuring a whole coterie of handsome men.  The strong silent ones.   His frames all tell a Story.   And even if he likes to feature partially or fully naked men, he does so with a…

  • Gilbert and George : Their New Normal

    Gilbert and George : Their New Normal

      London’s most celebrated queer artist couple GILBERT & GEORGE aged 76 and 78 respectively are holed up in their East End home.  What they are desperately missing  is exploring  the streets of London has been their daily life since they met as students in 1967.  On their walks they take photographs, picking up unusual…