Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGrowing up in an English Orphanage in the 1950s and 1960s there was always black and bi-racial children in my ‘family’ who were also my good friends. However, when I came out as gay in the 1970s in London I had somehow been adopted by a new group of friends who were primarily. It … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis rather wonderful new documentary by Bruce Ashley and Michael Donald is the remarkable story of how in the 1980’s a very small group of young people in a mere 18 months redefined a whole generation, the effects of which can still be felt today. It is a very quintessentially English story set against … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s almost impossible to talk about the glorious uplifting stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jaime without thinking that the show is like Billy Elliot being grown up and gay . Steeped in very similar references, it is the story of a boy living in blue collar Northern England who against all odds just wants … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn a ground breaking piece of Television in the 1980’s British/South African TV Producer Michael Atwell’s GAY LIFE documentary looks back at what it was like to be a gay man in the 1930’s in London. His guide is Clifford Skinner and his friend Benny who takes Atwell round all the infamous haunts where gay … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWith no ‘live’ PRIDE Parades this year (with the one exception of Taipei in Taiwan), QUEERGURU is looking back at one of the great ones from the past. In London’s Parade in 2016 there was the first every official entry of some Queer Punks. It’s so surprising that it took so long as the … Continue reading