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PRIDE 50 celebrates 50 years of Pride in the UK with 50 striking portraits of LGBTQ+ people by Thomas Knights
Regular QUEERGURu readers will know photographer THOMAS KNIGHTS for his RED HOT Calendars that bring his vision of male art nude with literally the hottest redheaded guys. In his new project PRIDE 50 Exhibition celebrates 50 years of Pride in the UK with 50 striking portraits of LGBTQ+ people, everyone is fully clothed Among the…
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BLUE NOW : A film by Derek Jarman, performed live
BLUE was Derek Jarman’s final film. Completed in May 1993, just months before his death, it is his testament. For 74 minutes, an unchanging screen of celestial blue is accompanied by voices that deliver a collage of fragments from Jarman’s diary, describing the gradual onset of blindness as he battles with HIV. As his…
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Writer Liam Sesay talks about MERBOY a queer retelling of The Little Mermaid
MERBOY – A QUEER RETELLING OF THE LITTLE MERMAID is a semi-autobiographical play by writer and producer Liam Sesay about the sexual awakening of a mixed-race, queer boy. Peppered with 60s love songs, this heart-warming camp tale gives hope to anyone who doesn’t feel like they belong Merboy combines the fantasy world of…
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Queerguru reviews A PLACE OF OUR OWN : the trials & tribulations of an Indian transgender pair seeking accomodation
A Place Of Our Own is a new feature film about the trials and tribulations of a couple of transgender women In Bhopal, India, and is a tragic reminder of how life for them has not progressed at all in society. The film, made by the Ektara Collective, an independent collaborative of filmmakers which…
