Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGrowing up gay in a small conservative town in the Deep South is tough enough, but as well as worrying about his religious parents reactions, 17 year-old choirboy Ricky is also concerned about upsetting Jesus too. Everybody in his close circle of school friends is more comfortable with his sexuality than he is, and even … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTo us non-residents of Harlem the fact that 25 years after Jenni Livingston’s seminal documentary Paris Is Burning, ‘voguing’ is very much alive in the dance clubs and community spaces in this corner of New York is quite a shock. In fact it’s been re-shaped and re-invented to bring it more in line with the needs and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Brad’s homophobic mother discovers he is gay, she throws him out of the house. Sleeping rough in her old car (that he ‘liberated’) he finds a new home in the bizarre and wonderful world of ball culture. It’s an underground scene in which different ‘Houses’ compete on a dance floor catwalk to see who is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMoonlight is probably the most exquisite and understated LGBT coming of age story to hit our screens for years. Light on plot and even sparse on dialogue, it nevertheless packs a powerful punch showing the inner turmoil of an African/American youth coming to terms with his own sexuality as he grows up in one of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesA brilliant coming-of-age story of a butch black highly intelligent teenage girl who struggles to reconcile being gay within the confines of her conservative middle-class home. Her meddlesome bible-thumping mother is in denial of both her husband’s infidelity and her daughter’s sexuality thus creating more angst. A thought-provoking film enlivened with some neat touches … Continue reading
