QUEERGURU
Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Robert White : the queer comic genius you really need to know about
Robert White describes himself as the only Asperger, gay, dyslexic, cross-lateral, quarter- welsh, webbed-toed, hyper-sensitive, Gluten-intolerant, weight-fixated, pseudo-genius, musical comedian there is…. probably! In Queerguru’s eyes, he is unquestionably one of the freshest original talents that are teetering on the edge of genius that you are so grateful that you get to experience albeit briefly. …
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REBEL HEARTS the story of the nuns who challenged the patriarchal conventions of the Catholic Church
Rebel Hearts is Director Pedro Kos’s fascinating documentary about an activist group of feminist nuns who fought for change within the Catholic Church in California during the 1960s. The 1950s and early 1960s were still a very patriarchal society in America with women expected to miss higher education, marry young, bear children, and stay at…
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USNS Harvey Milk was christened and launched in honor of the great man
On Saturday 6th the US Navy in San Diego christened and launched a ship named for the iconic gay rights leader and politician Harvey Milk. Ironically Milk had served four years in the Navy before being forced out, The Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said he needed to be there not just to amend the…
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Same-sex couple perform a sizzling rhumba on BBC TV’s Strictly Come Dancing
A small moment of groundbreaking British TV just became a sensational success with all the millions of viewers who had tuned. And the excitement was all about Strictly Come Dancing having the show’s first-ever male same-sex dance partners performing the rumba to “Shape of My Heart” by Sting, and came in third, scoring 35…
