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Queerguru talks with writer LOUIS WHARTON about his new play ‘BREEDERS’ on how the AIDS pandemic reshaped the future of his hometown
Louis Wharton is an Artist In Residence with the SHOUT FESTIVAL which is focused on celebrating the best of queer culture in the Midlands of the UK. He is currently working ‘on ‘Breeders’ which is why QUEERGURU was so keen to talk with Part documentary, part play, part late-night dance party, Breeders is a queer…
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No Gay Pride Parade would be the same without DYKES ON BIKES (we first spotted them in SF in 1980)
Years ago …. actually decades, to be exact, our very naive and very British future Editor landed in San Francisco chasing his Prince in Shining Armour, with whom he had hooked up for just one night in a seedy club back in London’s Earls City. This night of passion led to a ‘you must…
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Queerguru reviews ‘THE WEDDING BANQUET’ a superb new rom-com from Andrew Ahn destined to be the queer hit film of the summer
In the past decade, the American queer filmmaker Andrew Ahn has helmed four compelling movies which have focused on both intergenerational relationships and also on how the impact of queer lives on others has developed. In each of these, there is such an authenticity that makes Ahn one of the best observers of contemporary gay…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘DEPARTURES’ takes a deep, brutal dive into the causes and effects of a toxic queer romantic relationship
Toxic relationships seem to be on the rise, whether romantic, friendship or employer relationships, or maybe we are just better at identifying toxicity these days. Departures, a fantastic new UK indie comedy-drama based in Manchester, takes a deep, brutal dive into the causes and effects of a toxic queer romantic relationship between charity worker Benji…
