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Gender Identity Is An Individual Experience
This new video from attn: proposes that society should embrace many gender identities : a concept that is dear to queerguru’s heart.
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The Trial of Roger Casement
Roger Casement was once described as the “father of twentieth-century human rights investigations” after publishing his Casement Report on the Congo in 1905, and then for his important investigations of human rights abuses in Peru for which the British Government knighted him. Casement was a British diplomat of Irish extraction, humanitarian activist, Irish nationalist, and poet and when…
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Marja-Lewis makes Magic Mike turn into a Mermaid
Take a close look at this picture. This is of course Darryl Hannah in her breakthrough role as the Mermaid in the 1984 film Splash in which she co-starred alongside Tom Hanks. But soon this image of Darryl may disappear from your mind only to be swapped with that of her replacement in the remake of…
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Real Boy
Any documentary that makes a contribution to the continuing transgender dialogue is important, but when it is as poignant and compelling as ‘Real Boy’, then it can play a significant role in nurturing more understanding and acceptance both within the community and society at large. Queer filmmaker Shaleece Haas subject is a disarmingly charming young teenage musician…
