queertiques
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Discovering ‘DARK BL’ : a new genre of queer films from Asia
Even though Queerguru can consider itself quite knowledgeable when it comes to the terminology used within the LGBTQA+ community, every day we are reminded that we do not know everything. Like today, when there is an email idling in our inbox that talks about Dark BL. It appears that Dark BL refers to Boys’ Love…
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Queerguru´s Ris Fatah reviews ‘TOO DESI TOO QUEER’ the LGBTQ section of The London Indian Film Festival, to be shown at venues around the UK.
Europe´s largest South Asian Film Festival, The London Indian Film Festival, has a queer section. Too Desi Too Queer features a range of ground-breaking short films and documentaries which celebrate and amplify South Asian queer lives. Highlights of the six-film programme for me include the cute Ruse, a short film about three teenage girls…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘VERY DEEP INSIDE’ an erotic queer romance by Omar Flores Sarabia
Partners in crime share a fantasy gift, nudity, and explicit sex along the way. A contemporary gay love story. Horacio (Omar Lozano) and Franco (Dave Torres) arrive in Mexico City to celebrate Horacio´s birthday. The meticulous plot unfolds chronologically, with on-screen indications of time, place, and room temperature in Celsius degrees. The city and its…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews ‘WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL’ the hit BBC TV series now on PRIME VIDEO
Paris Lees is an author, campaigner and journalist. In 2019, she interviewed Emma Watson for British Vogue (https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/emma-watson-on-fame-activism-little-women). A vocal activist, she became a lauded role model for the LGBTQ+ community and fierce advocate for trans rights. Before all that, however, she spent some time in prison. ‘What It Feels Like For a Girl’ is…
