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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘The Judgment’ : an excellent Egyptian film about the trauma and self-hate caused by religious homophobia.
Many queer people who’ve had a strict religious upbringing have a tough time reconciling their queerness with the twisted homophobic indoctrination they received in their younger years. This applies to all religions and leads to a lot of unnecessary fear and guilt which affects love and sex lives across the world. The…
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Legendary Alternative Drag Performer David Hoyle in “Please Feel Free To Ignore My Work”
Queerguru has always been a big fan of the work of the legendary Brit queer performer David Hoyle one of the very first ‘alternative drag’ artists. After we got to talk with him back in 2018 about his new film Uncle David 2, we were well truely hooked and have been following him ever since …
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Writer/director BENJAMIN HOWARD talks about his beautiful coming-of-age film RILEY
RILEY is a beautiful coming-of-age tale set in contemporary, suburban Southern California. Based on writer/director BENJAMIN HOWARD‘s own experiences as a high-school athlete who’s not out yet, he has been able to draw on all those angst-ridden situations we face as closeted teenagers. This is writer/director’s debut feature and he talked with Queerguru on…
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Queerguru previews the World Premiere of MOFFIE an excellent South African harrowing coming-of-age drama
South Africa may now have a reputation as Africa’s most gay-friendly destination which attracts thousands of LGBT tourists annually, but it wasn’t always that way. When it was a British Colony as part of the British Empire they had the english sense of morality and Christianity imposed upon them. This meant mirroring England’s…
