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25th Anniversary of San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (also available Online)
In a year when over 100 anti-trans bills have been introduced in US State legislatures, it’s probably even more important to celebrate the trans community. No better place to do it this weekend than at the 25th Anniversary of the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival the oldest such event in the country. Although…
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews HOMEBODY a tender drama about gender expression
WHEN THE LIPSTICK IS A STATEMENT A tender fictional film with visually attractive drawings, moving images, and ingenious storytelling of a boy that inhabits for a while the body of his babysitter. Curious Johnny (Tre Ryder) and sensitive Melanie (Colbi Minifie) share daily life activities while Johnny´s mother is away. She is his…
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Queerguru reviews CALENDAR GIRLS the story of an amateur dance troupe of ‘mature’ women in Florida
Calendar Girls is one of those reality-type documentaries that profile a small group of people who share an ‘odd’ lifestyle that makes voyeurs of us all. As we look slightly dumbfounded at what is on the screen, we try and conjure up what aliens would think of our planet if this were the first people…
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Queerguru reviews ‘The Inspection’ the harrowing tale of gay black Marine recruit who is forced back into the Closet
Elegance Bratton‘s extremely impressive debut feature “The Inspection” is a somewhat harrowing tale of an out gay man being forced back into the closet. 25-year-old African /American Ellis French (Jeremy Pope) is both homeless and friendless and was only 14 years when he was disowned by his conservative religious and sanctimonious mother (Gabrielle…
