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First preview of Netflix TV Series ‘BOOTS’ the story of young bullied closeted kid who joins the Marines (to be bullied again)
Its taken almost 10 years for Greg Cope White’s best-selling memoir The Pink Marine to be adapted into a Netflix series, but judging by the first trailer that has been released, it will be well worth the wait. Its a story—full of hilarity and heartbreak—of how a teenage boy who struggles with self-acceptance &…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Boy George and Culture Club, a step back in time to the crazy 1980s. Another great documentary by film-maker Alison Elwood.
The UK excelled in glossy pop music in the 1980s, and undoubtedly one of our most successful exports was Culture Club, the legendary four-piece London band fronted by the attention-grabbing singer Boy George (George O’Dowd). A new documentary by esteemed director Allison Elwood (check out her brilliant doc on The Go-Go’s), Boy George and Culture…
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A packed crowd of London’s queer women gather for the city’s first ever ‘performative butch’ contest
If you were in South East London last Saturday, you may have wondered why there was such a preponderance of queer women on the streets heading to the Old Nunshead Pub. They were heading to take part, or just spectate, in the very first event of its kind in London :a performative butch’ contest……. which…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews the genius of artist AI Weiwei as he directs unique production of Puccini’s TURANDOT
The Chinese contemporary artist in a dialogue with Giacomo Puccini‘s unfinished last work, a behind the scenes and beyond at Teatro Dell´Opera di Roma, are the subjects of this documentary film directed by Maxim Derevianko, based on a story written by Michele Cogo and Maxim Derevianko. From Ai Weiwei is said to be the most powerful…
