Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt maybe be hard for some of us to take in but 2020 actually marks the 40th anniversary of America’s first AIDS case. Since then, almost 700,000 people have died, the LGBTQ community has been stigmatized by the virus, and we are still without a cure. To help us remember all those that we … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe extraordinarily talented Miss Anita Cocktail is not only one of the Headliners at the newly refurbished Post Office Cabaret in PTown but she is also the Venue’s Grand Dame who rules the place with her (feathered) whip. She has played a major part in just one season helping establish the Cabaret Room as … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterElegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a stunning song cycle with music by Janet Hood and lyrics and additional text by Bill Russell. The work features songs and monologues inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and Edgar Lee Masters‘ Spoon River Anthology. Each of the monologues is written from the perspective of characters who’ve died from … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTo mark the 30th Anniversary of World Aids Day, Positive East one of the leading UK AIDS support groups has released one of the most powerful short movies about living with HIV that we have ever seen. JUST LIKE ME profiles HIV activist and Mr Gay England 2018, Philip Dzwonkiewicz who was diagnosed with … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWe all need heroes and role models. Especially in the LGBTQ community. Most of the ones we have are very colorful and loud. However, there are some like Rik Weiland who is far from that. Yet this very quiet private man, one of the original founders of Microsoft who sadly took his own life … Continue reading