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Queerguru’s David Lagachu reviews The Male Gaze: Celluloid Dreams a collection of seven short queer films
The Male Gaze: Celluloid Dreams showcases a collection of seven short films from both the 20th and 21st centuries. The first film Just Out of Reach (Dir. Jonathan Wald) runs for a blink-and-a-miss four minutes but manages to convey more than the combination of lines uttered by the two actors in it. The story…
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Polari presents Prizes …. and more
Queerguru wants to add their congrats to the winners of this year’s POLARI PRIZE for the best new queer literature. The ‘Polaris’ the gift of the literary salon of the same name that was founded by writer and journalist Paul Burston are THE most prestigious awards of their kind and are highly sought-after. (Sort…
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Little Girl : a 7 year old trans girl living her truth : reviewed by Queerguru’s Ris Fatah
Little Girl is the touching French documentary portrait of seven-year-old Sasha, who questions her gender, and in doing so, evokes the sometimes disturbing reactions of a society that is still largely invested in a traditional boy-girl way of thinking. Acclaimed documentary maker Sebastian Lifshitz was motivated to create this sympathetic, intimate documentary whilst making…
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Coming Out in Football is still a very big deal : here are the latest 2 brave souls
Sport (and particularly football) is still one of the last great bastions of homophobia (and misogyny) that ensures that the LGBTQ+ communities acceptance is often at a snail’s pace. So much so when 21-year Australian professional footballer Josh Cavallo came out as gay this week it made headlines around the world which is still…
