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At The End Of Evin (all that glitters ……) an Iranian thriller reviewed by Queerguru’s Ris Fatah
Amen, (Mehri Kazemi) is an Iranian transgender teenager, who has moved to Tehran from a small town, and is looking to transition to a woman. Amen is introduced to Naser, (the very handsome Madhi Pakdel), a wealthy man, who offers to pay for Amen’s gender reassignment surgery. He needs one simple favor in return. Since…
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Bailey and Bennett : two ‘God given’ Jonathans
So Queerguru’s very own ‘Fount Of All Knowledge” volunteered that the name Jonathan (or Yehonatan) in Hebrew means God has given. When we think of two Jonathans in the news this week, that kind of makes sense. Jonathan No 1, i.e. Brit Actor Jonathan Bailey, who won 2019 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in…
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AMY : Beyond The Stage
In the Queerguru Office, we are all still major fans of the late great AMY WINEHOUSE who the world sadly lost way before her time. We’re thrilled then to learn that the DESIGN MUSEUM in London is mounting an Exhibit to celebrate the legacy and creativity of one of the greatest musicians of our…
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CRIPPLE The First Broken Book : A 21st Century Parable by Nick Maynard
Nick Maynard is a queer actor/director/writer from Manchester in the UK who has just had his first book published with New Generation Publishing as part of the Pen to Print initiative, supported by Arts Council England. The story is set in his hometown in 2003, and has a queer disability storyline. The book is…
