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‘My Day Is The Same of Yours’ : living with HIV in 2026
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the introduction of protease inhibitors, which changed the whole landscape of AIDS and HIV, but in many ways, it also marks the beginning of the end of public dialogue on the pandemic in general. The lack of discussion and dialogue has given way to the birth of so…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews Vaishali Sinha’s eye-opening ‘GIVE IT A SHOT’ Doc that follows a global race to develop a new male contraceptive
This documentary refers to a reversible male contraceptive announced as “the first breakthrough since the modern condom was invented 200 years ago” Directed by Vaishali Sinha, the film does justice to Dr. Sujoy Guha in his admirable quest for humanity. This scientist, for decades, has developed in India the so-called RISUG, a reversible male contraceptive…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Hijamat, an intense family drama screening at Miami’s Outshine Film Festival.
To Berlin, and an intense drama with Hijamat, the tale of a Muslim family’s angst at dealing with one of the men´s romantic relationships with another man. When photographs of Kerem (Jael Cam Ilhan) and his boyfriend Samuel (Jeremy Hanhoff) are brought to the attention of his deeply religious family and Muslim community, his elder brother Murad (Kida…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews LITTLE TRAGEDIES an enthralling autobiographical film by Daniel Nolasco
Homoerotic desire translates into powerful images and a witty narrative that leaves the viewer longing for more. The autobiographical film is divided into a prologue, five chapters, an intermission, and an epilogue. A warning: this is not a happy film; a congenial one, sure, is. Its author, writer, and director, Daniel Nolasco, recreates and shares…
