Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueerguru never needs much of an excuse to cross the Irish Channel and visit Dublin one of its very favorite (queer) citIes. GAZE its international annual LGBTQ+ Film Festival takes place every summer Bank Holiday Weekend (i.e. official public days off) since it was founded over 30 years ago. Not only has it become … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAfrican queer films are very much a rarity essentially because so much of that Continent have laws that criminalise homsosexuality and also so much of the population traditionally cannot morally accept it. In fact this charming tale of first love between two teenage Kenyan girls that has been critically acclaimed globally is still banned … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJust two days ago Russell T Davies highly anticipated new queer drama It’s A Sin was released on the UK’s Channel 4 . Since then its has become the most buzzed about and most binge-watched LGBTQ series for a very long time. Davies, whose long resume includes the ground-breaking Queer As Folk series, is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAbdellah is a young teenager who lives with his poor large family in an overcrowded small house in Casablanca. He spends his days helping his sisters doing household chores at the behest of his mother who seems perpetually angry with him. Her bad-tempered-ness could be because as he is male she associates him closely with … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen 14 year old Ulysses’s (Luka Kain) father suddenly dies, his mother (Margot Bingham) has to take on a second job to make ends meet. She somewhat reluctantly accepts an offer from Ulysses’ ultra-conservative Aunt Rose (Regina Taylor) to come to take care of him and his younger sibling after work until she gets home. The … Continue reading
