Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe latest big queer news from Down Under is not from Australia for a change but it’s smaller near neighbor New Zealand. They have just made an Independent LGBT web series FLUNK: The Exchange which has gone viral literally overnight ……clocking up over 1 million views in its very first month. After getting her … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMost of us had a triggering point in our lives that brought the need for us to (finally) come out of the closet as gay …….or somewhere on the LGBTQIA spectrum. For 17-year-old Billy (Jordi Rea ) the moment came when he accompanied his girlfriend to the local Tattoo Store and he was immediately mesmerized by … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is an old fashioned coming-out story in which a 40 year old married man and father of two finally accepts his sexuality but by trying so hard to please everyone, no-one ends up happy at all. Based on an autobiographical novel by acclaimed New Zealand novelist Witi Ihumaera (‘The Whale Rider’) that the author held back from … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLife Is Easy is a manically paced farcical web series from New Zealand that puts its own cute spin on the old ‘B Movie’ dilemma of body swapping. Written by and starring pansexual actress Chye-Ling Huang and out gay actor Cole Jenkins as Jamie Li and Curtis. It’s the story of a young gay … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe feature film debut from writer/director Welby Ings, an Academy Award Nominee for his short film Boy, is this very compelling coming-of-age story that packs a real punch. Set in rural New Zealand and starring Brit import Tim Roth it’s a tale of how small-town homophobia which combined with racism can have explosive … Continue reading