Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques1n 1973 the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. Later that same year ‘LOVE IN ACTION’ was founded by an evangelical Christian ministry specifically ‘to restore those trapped in sexual and relational sin through the power of Jesus Christ’ i.e. to forcible make gay men straight. As the oldest established ‘ex-gay’ organization in the US it … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWade Gasque’s debut feature, which he co-wrote with lead actor Mark Strano, is an interesting drama about the conflict between two estranged gay brothers who are trying to reconcile after the death of their father. Their sexuality is one of the few things the siblings have in common as Chet is quiet and reserved and … 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 queertiquesBolivian filmmaker Rodrigo Bellott’s third feature is probably the saddest coming-out story that we have ever watched. It’s the tale of 20-something-year-old Gabriel (Jose Duran) who settles in NY as he felt he could never be the son that his ultra-religious family in Bolivia expected him to be. The story starts with the arrival … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is not a prequel for Richard Curtis’s 1994 Oscar Nominated Smash Hit which had two more weddings, but actually a dark and somewhat hit and miss comedy about some of the issues of living as a gay man in Korea today. Closeted handsome Min-Soo is a gay young hospital doctor who wants to stop … Continue reading