Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s Only Life After All”: Why the Indigo Girls Matter Like any music-loving dyke of a certain age, I have some history with the Indigo Girls. When I lived in Durham, North Carolina, back in the 80s, they would come from Georgia a few times a year to play at Halby’s, a local delicatessen! … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesReviewing my handwritten notes from before the Provincetown International Film Festival, I see “My Old Ass” with a line drawn through it and the comment, “Skip It.” I am so glad I decided not to skip it. This sleeper was one of the highlights of the festival for me. A Canadian film produced by … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesDebra Chasnoff codirected “It’s Elementary: Talking about Gay Issues in School.” Released in 1996, it remains the most highly regarded film and teaching tool available to promote acceptance among young children and provide them with accurate, age-appropriate information about sexual identity issues. Today, 26 years later, the issue couldn’t be more of a hot … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s Lesbian Visibility Week, and this little-known film needs to be seen by all lesbians and the people who love us! I urge you to make a note of it, because it isn’t available to stream yet, but hopefully, that is about to change. It screened recently at Boston’s Wicked Queer Film Festival. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHere is a little pop trivia quiz: Who wrote “I’ll Be There for You”, the theme song of “Friends”? Who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway production of “The Color Purple?” Who wrote “September” for Earth, Wind, and Fire? I would have been stumped before I saw this fabulous documentary, directed … Continue reading
