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Queerguru reviews SALVATORE : Shoemaker of Dreams
Way before fashionable (and wealthy) women were clamoring for the somewhat outrageous shoes by Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, and Christian Louboutin there was just one single shoe designer who had laid the way for them. From 1913 onwards Salvatore Ferragamo created shoes first in Holywood, and then later back in Florence Italy, and was the…
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Mathew V sings The Man I Love : perfect for a queer Valentine’s Day
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Vancouver-based queer singer Mathew V, has released a music video of his take on ‘The Man I Love‘. The song written by George Gershwin and his brother Ira, is a mere 99 years old, and especially perfect now for any romantic gay man this week. The track is…
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Howerd’s End : the story of one of the UK’s (closeted) gay icons
In the 1960s and 1970s comedian Frankie Howerd was one of the major stars of British Television. He was also like many performers of that time a closeted homosexual, as coming out then was considered professional suicide. Homosexuality was still illegal in the UK until the law changed in 1969 but it still took several…
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The QUEER parts of the 40th Edition of the Miami Film Festival
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miami Film Festival (@miamifilm) 40th Edition of the Miami Film Festival is about to kick open its doors: as is the norm these days the program is divided into in-person screenings and a whole online schedule of movies too. The Fest is known…
