queertiques
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Queerguru reviews the World PremIere of OUT LAWS : the struggle for queer rights in ex Brit Empire
As a Brit gay man, there is always a sense of disgust and despair when you are once again reminded of all the strife and inhumanity our ancestors caused around by enforcing their own misguided sense of morality. This new documentary reminds us yet once again that there are some 64 countries where it is…
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Guest Contributor Kareem Tabsch reviews ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo: A Refuge at the End of the World ‘
Northern Chile is a place that seems to exist outside of time and outside of humanity. Its desert landscape — arid and stripped of all vegetation — evokes the surface of another planet more than any inhabited corner of the Earth. And yet it is precisely in this extreme solitude that men have found their…
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To mark the forthcoming 10th Anniversary of the ‘PULSE MASSACRE’ Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews GAYS AGAINST GUNS
Who are Gays Against Guns? Set up in the aftermath of the 2016 Pulse shootings in Orlando, when 49 queer nightclubbers were slaughtered, GAG has become a prominent organisation in the struggle to introduce stricter gun control laws in the United States. Young LGBTQ+ people see gay clubs as sanctuaries and the bloody attack at…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the best of the BFI Flare Queer Film Festival’s Short Films programme. This includes gems from America, Iran, Palestine, Canada and the UK.
\ The BFI London Flare Queer Short Films programme always delivers. It’s a chance for film-makers to take risks – politically, sexually and otherwise – and an opportunity to reflect current events in a timely manner. There’s always a lot of soft power in the programme, and this year is no exception with themes including…
