Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAs this documentary starts to unfold, Bamby Salcedo explains why at the age of 50 she is about to have her own version of a quinceañera party. This is a Mexican traditional celebration that all girls have at the age of 15 to mark their coming of age and enter into womanhood. For … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEven though we have somehow gotten used to the traumas/sacrifices that so many people have to face when they transition, it still did not prepare us for the journey that Lee Baker would undertake to be his true self. Baker had been something of a skateboard fanatic since childhood, having been given his first … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe vast majority of films with transgender storylines that we get to view are remarkable for their sheer bravado and how they each make such a significant contribution to the continuing dialogue about the transgender community. Dreamlife however went much further and completely blew us out of the water Australian Georgie Stone is such … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWilla Justice, Drag Queen Private Eye is one camp nonsensical queer low budget film that logic tells us we should not like BUT we cannot stop happily grinning through the whole 15 mins. Its set in the Mohave Desert in Twentynine Palms, California and is being screened aspart of the First Annual 29 … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe Stroll, the opening documentary of the British Film Institute Flare Festival just blew the bloody doors off. Some things in LGBTQ+ film festivals are good, some things are important. They don’t always coincide. With this authentic yet deeply authoritative work by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker they have achieved both. A threading of black … Continue reading
