Queerguru 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
November sees us still in the middle of the Queer Film Festivals season right across the globe. This week we are making tracks up north to the 36th Edition of IMAGE+NATION …. Canada’s original LGBT2SQ+ Film Festival. This hybrid Festival runs from November 16 – 23rd in Montreal Theatres + curated Programming is … Continue reading
In 1993, a group of queer Sydney filmmakers, students, and supporters approached Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras to establish an independent organization whose focus would be queer film and screen culture. This organization was Queer Screen. (One of those pioneer filmmakers was Stephen Cummins who died in 1994, and now is … Continue reading
When we think of Palm Springs in California we have an image of a gay mecca that has developed a strong reputation as an LGBT-friendly destination. and is also a cheaper alternative to San Francisco or New York. Since the 1980s/90s many LGBT people chose the desert city as a base for their … Continue reading
India is another of those countries that were once part of the British Empire and even after the Brits left and India became a republic they left behind some of the puritanical Laws they had enacted during the Victorian era. One of these in 1861 made male homosexuality illegal and it remained on the … Continue reading