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  • 3 eye-opening films about being Trans In America

    3 eye-opening films about being Trans In America

      Filmmaker Shaleece Hass the writer/director of Real Boy one of  the most compelling and poignant transgender documentaries last year, is stepping behind the camera again. She is  producing a series of short films for the ACLU & Little By Little Films called Trans In America which will highlight transgender people across the country fighting for…

  • ELSKA checks out the men in Lyons, France

    ELSKA checks out the men in Lyons, France

    The ancient city of Lyons in the center of France was traditionally known historically for the production and weaving of silk.  Nowadays the city contains a significant software industry with a particular focus on video games, and in recent years has fostered a growing local start-up sector..  Recently the city ranked number two in France for…

  • London Queer Fashion Show : an exhilarating gender-queer extravaganza

    London Queer Fashion Show : an exhilarating gender-queer extravaganza

      Recently we asked Queerguru Contributing Editor and notable style maverick Jonny Ward to check out London Queer Fashion Show, and he hasn’t stopped raving about it since,  Here is his report ….  There were some incredibly charismatic people walking the runway tonight but the real stars of this show were in the audience. Each…

  • Olympia Dukakis : self-styled ‘octogenarian mother-fucker’

    Olympia Dukakis : self-styled ‘octogenarian mother-fucker’

    Olympia Dukakis was a well respected Broadway actor long before the rest of the world caught up with her when she won an Oscar & Golden Globe for playing Cher’s mother in the movie Moonstruck in 1987.   She is actually just 15 years older than her movie daughter who she very famously screamed at  in…