Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s a bit of mystery why it took several years for filmmaker Mark Saxenmeyer to get his documentary The Queens finally released. It’s a powerful story of a fascinating slice of queer history although it so poorly edited that it so often fails to do justice to all the ‘girls’ sharing their remarkable stories, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMarielle’s (Marie-Josée Croze) life for the past 20 years with husband Paul (Fred Testot) and their two teenage children in this sleepy provincial French town has been happy and relatively uneventful. That is until she leaves work unexpectedly early one day and arrives home to discover her husband dressed in women’s clothes. Her initial disgust quickly turns to anger … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor his new documentary “The Trans List” filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, along with writer and transgender rights activist Janet Mock, has assembled a diverse group of fascinating trans men and women to talk about how their own journeys have resulted in such joy and peace of mind. In her introduction before the interviews Janet Mock noted ‘These stories of triumph … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe sophomore film from writer/director/producer Trae Briers is a story about how a casual meeting between two very different men turned into a melodrama that not one of them could have predicted. Michael (Austin Miller) is a highly successful corporate lawyer who lives in a luxurious villa on the beach in Malibu with Ashley (Tiffany … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJust 4 days after American/Iranian filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain finished his transitioning, Trump was elected President. Despite his occasional rhetoric about wanting to be the President for all Americans, what followed was the most divisive and hate-ridden four years in our country’s history. Some of the worst hit were the transgender community which Trump and … Continue reading
