queertiques

  • Taipelove* the journey for Same Sex Marriage in Taiwan

    Taipelove* the journey for Same Sex Marriage in Taiwan

      Berlin based filmmaker Lucie Liu debut feature documentary Taipeilove*  is a compelling insider’s view on the evolving LGBTQ community in Taiwan as they fight to legalize same sex marriage.  It is no spoiler to add that it has a happy ending as it was widely broadcasted at the time, that thanks to the country’s…

  • London Pride 2016 : Queer Punks first ever Float

    London Pride 2016 : Queer Punks first ever Float

      With no ‘live’ PRIDE Parades this year (with the one exception of Taipei in Taiwan),  QUEERGURU is looking back at one of the great ones from the past. In London’s Parade in 2016 there was the first every official entry of some Queer Punks.  It’s so surprising that it took so long as the…

  • Bitter Years : the life of Italian Gay Liberationist Mario Mieli

    Bitter Years : the life of Italian Gay Liberationist Mario Mieli

      Celebrated Italian queer theater and film director Andrea Adriatico’s latest movie is a biopic of Mario Mieli who was a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s.  Mieli may be little known outside of Italy but his fascinating colorful life that abruptly ended when he was just 30 years old, makes…

  • Innocent Boy : the horror of hitting bottom

    Innocent Boy : the horror of hitting bottom

      It’s now week one thousand of lockdown and you thought you had hit  bottom when you ran out of creme de menthe  and started adding Tesco Mouth Wash to your post morning workout snack cocktail. Try out this pop video horror short from Writer/Director Brock Cravy and be reassured that however bad it gets…