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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Helmut Newton : The Bad And The Beautiful
It’s been 15 years since the iconic German/Australian photographer HELMUT NEWTON had a fatal car accident as he drove into his beloved Chateau Marmont in LA. It’s also been over 30 years since “Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge” the last documentary on him surfaced. And the fashion/media landscape has changed so very much…
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A 92 year old WW2 veteran/transgender widow denied her rights
Sometimes when we are arguing and fighting for the rights of our LGBTQ community, it’s good to sit back and think about some of the actual people that are affected so badly by all this discrimination. Robina Asti was a WWII veteran and pilot and a very high-powered businessman until 1976 when she transitioned. …
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QUEER FILMS @ PTown Film ReImagined Film Fest 2020
The latest Edition of the annual Provincetown Film Society & Festival has Re-Imagined itself in the midst of the Covid 19 Lockdown. Asides from two nights of screenings at Welfleet Drive-In Theater most of the program with screen VIRTUALLY ONLINE. Here is QUEERGURU’s take on the QUEER FILMS in the Program : Stage Mother The Movie, House of Cardin – Pierre…
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The Story Of The Castro makes for compelling viewing
This must-see documentary from 1997 was produced by San Francisco’ s KQED-TV as part of a series “Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco”. It’s a fascinating investigation on how The Castro became the gay holy grail. The area was originally known as the Eureka Valley when it was full of dairy farms until…
