Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAn overweight teenage schoolboy with an alcoholic father and an absent colorful mother takes up the Korean version of sumo wrestling to win the big prize to pay for the sex-change operation that he so wants. He has an infectious personality that helps win over his doubting teammates who physically tower over him ….. but it … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis highly personal film documents part of the journey that Chaz Bono takes to become a transgendered man. He is remarkably brave, strikingly honest and an extremely likable person who allows the cameras to record the crucial steps of taking the necessary hormones and then having the vital breast surgery and how all of this effects … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere are all sorts of ‘Romeos’ in this very innovative and somewhat daring tale about gender identity that is about how very tough it can be just being one’s self. The setting is a couple of dormitories in Koln, Germany where young adults are based to do a year of social studies. The film … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEnrique returns home to the Bronx after a lengthy spell in Prison to discover that Angela his wife is distant to say the least, and his son Michael is now a transgender woman and known as Vanessa. None of this sits well with headstrong Enrique who views these changes as a personal threat to his … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEnrique (Esai Morales) returns home to the Bronx after a lengthy spell in prison to discover that Angela (Judy Reyes) his wife is distant, to say the least, and his son Michael (Harmony Santana) is now a transgender woman and known as Vanessa. None of this sits well with headstrong Enrique who views these changes … Continue reading
