Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOver the past decade there has been a major global photo-storytelling project by 130 people living with HIV and AIDS that successfully set out to de-stigmatize the disease. All of them have participated in workshops led by South African photographer Gideon Mendel, with photo educator Crispin Hughes, and David Gere, director of the Art & … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOK so if you are particularly politically- correct with a limited sense of humor, then you may want to stop reading. However as the queerguru office is so often fueled on sarcasm, we LOVE this new book with it’s very decidedly off-color humor. MY POP’S A TOP is a witty, picture book penned from the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPerkins Harnly is a forgotten outsider artist whose work is held but not displayed at the Met, the New York Public Library, and the Smithsonian. A self-taught artist with a wonderful feel for Victorian/Edwardian maximalist decor and clothing is now featured in a brand new book just out: The Emphatically Queer Career of Artist Perkins … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne of Queerguru’s favorite documentaries of all time is Finding Vivian Maier (2013). It’s the story of how graduate student John Maloof unwittingly uncovered a photographic treasure trove of an unknown photographer who had produced some of the very best street images from the 1950’s to the late 1990’s. Vivian Maier had been a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBrit Juno Dawson is a bestselling trans novelist, screenwriter, journalist, Stonewall UK Ambassador and a columnist for Attitude Magazine. In What’s the T?, Dawson’s latest book she defines a myriad of labels and identities and offers uncensored advice on coming out, sex and relationships with her trademark humor and lightness of touch. The synopsis … Continue reading