queertiques
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews PETER HUJAR’S DAY : a day in the life of the iconic photographer. Directed by Ira Sachs and starring Ben Whishaw.
Peter Hujar is having another moment. The American photographer is best known for his iconic, raw black-and-white photographs of the who’s who of 1970s and 80s downtown New York. He was part of the East Village art scene and was very close to legends such as Nan Goldin, Susan Sontag and David Wojnarowicz. This group…
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HEATED RIVALRY : when two hockey players from opposite teams’ clandestine affair gets steamy
If you loved. GOOD ENOUGH : A MODERN MUSICAL, the debut film from queer musician Mike Spears, about two confused teens who seemed to love each other as much as basketball, get to sing about their highs and lows, then you’ll want to see this wee gem of a new TV series HEATED RIVALRY. Based…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews SKIFF a coming of age story from Belgian flmmaker Cecilia Verheyden
This is the fictional story of teenager Malou (Femke Vanhove), her personal struggles, body issues, and the relationship with her immediate family in Willebroek, Antwerp province, Belgium. Malou is into water sports, and she may be a rowing competitor in the coming Olympic Games, meanwhile sport teammates gossip about Malou not showering again, and they…
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Harvard has hired drag performer and scholar Kareem Khubchandani, known as “LaWhore Vagistan,” to teach gender and sexuality studies
Some of the most recent, enormously depressing items in the news are the way Harvard University seems to roll over and play dead. They are not alone, as for reasons we still cannot comprehend, the most uneducated US President in history seems hellbent on destroying all places of higher learning. There are rumours that he…
