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Sidney and Friends : the lives of a group of intersex and trans youth in Kenya
Nearly every documentary that depicts someone’s transitioning journey is tough to sit and watch. Mainly because as they struggle with gender dysphoria they are made outcasts by their families, and facing poverty and unable to be employed become sex workers which puts their whole lives at risk. Very few are able to take this…
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PBS screens UNSETTLED: Seeking Refuge in the US
With so much of PRIDE month being celebrated online this year out if necessity it is giving us a wealth of excellent programming ……. and most of it free. Next week PBS are mounting a screening of UNSETTLED Tim Shepard’s powerful message about the plight of LGBTQ refugees. Prior to that to mark World…
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PRIDE WATCH PARTY : How To Survive a Plague
To celebrate Pride month on Monday, June 22 at 6PM PT / 9PM ET, IFC Films Unlimited will be hosting a “HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE” watch party. The historic and award winning documentary has made a big impact ever since its premiere back in 2012. Now more than ever, it is still very…
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4 leading Queer Film Fests create NAQFA: the North American Queer Festival Alliance.
Queerguru loves to focus on some of the very positive developments that have been created out of the wretched COVID 19 Lockdown. Today the world of Queer Cinema had one such bright shining with the formation of NAQFA: the North American Queer Festival Alliance. The premiere North American LGBTQ film festivals: Frameline (San Francisco), Inside…
