queertiques
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The Accompanist : a queer drama by Frederick Keeve
The Accompanist is the feature film directing debut of actor Frederick Keeve who not only writes the script, takes the starring role, is the producer, but also composes the soundtrack. It does mean however that this queer drama lacks input from others that could have helped the film have a little less melodrama and…
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Surviving the Silence : the lesbian Army Col. who was a silent Hero
Norwegian born Margarethe Cammermeyer who is a naturalised American, served as a Colonel in the Washington National Guard, In 1961 she had joined the Army Nurse Corps and over time received a B.S. in nursing and then she earned a master’s degree in 1976 and a Ph.D. in 1991. With such impressive qualifications and…
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I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
As more and more transgender stories surface onto our screens, we realise that no two of them are ever the same. Some people’s transitioning journeys are so extremely unique that they not only challenge many of our perceptions, but also make us re-think gender-fludity yet again. Brian Belovitch’s story is one of those. Born…
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The Amazing Truth of Queen Racquela
From 2008 comes this hybrid docudrama that does such a good melding fact with fiction we have no idea which is which. Somehow that doesn’t seem to matter. The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is the story of 2O year old Filipino Ladyboy who makes a living as a sex worker in Manilla. Raquela…
