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New PBS Doc ‘THE WAR ON DISCO’ investigates the late 1970s when angry homophobes and racists tried to stop the music….
For most of us (of a certain age) our passion for everything disco peaked in 1977 with John Travolta’s swagger in the opening scenes of Saturday Night Fever. The film resulted in the Best Actor Oscar Nomination for Travolta but for the rest of the world, it shepherded in a whole new movement…
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Netflix’s NUOVO OLIMPON : an Italian queer couple who try to survive a dangerous period in time after falling madly in love.
If Ferzan Özpetek is not Queerguru’s favorite queer Italian filmmaker, then he is definitely near the top of our list. This Turkish-born Italian captured our attention with Hamam (Steam: The Turkish Baths) in 1997. He then went on to capture our hearts with his multi-award-winning The Ignorant Fairies (released in the US/UK as His Secret Life. Since…
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Kiki & Herb – O Come Let Us Adore Them
This is ALL we want for Christmas. Kiki and Herb are coming out of retirement (yet again) this Festive season for a mini-tour and we cannot wait. This legendary cabaret duo consists of Kiki DuRane, an aging, alcoholic, female lounge singer with her gay, male piano accompanist, known only as “Herb.“ Now…
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International Opera singer LUCIA LUCAS talks about the World Premiere LiLI Elba the Danish painter and trans woman
Queerguru first came across the international baritone Opera singer Lucia Lucas two years ago after viewing The Sound Of Identity one of the most uplifting LGBTQ+ documentaries we had seen for a very long time. It’s the story of how Tobias Picker a remarkable queer composer and also a forward-thinking Artistic Director of Tulsa…
