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ELSKA Magazine checks out queer ISTANBUL the gayest city in the Muslim World
Queerguru was very pleasantly surprised to open up the latest edition of ELSKA the queer photo-zine magazine to discover it featured men (and good-looking ones at that) from the LGBTQ+ community of Istanbul Turkey. Even though homosexuality was decriminalized back in 1858 local gays can face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.…
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Can AI really create good queer stories : check out STRAIGHT BEST FRIEND
The storyline of the new web series STRAIGHT BEST FRIEND is one so many of us can relate to. It’s all about a gay man’s adult friendship with his straight adolescent crush. However, what makes this potential cliche tale unusual is that it was created in Singapore which only last year repealed its…
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RUSTIN : the story of the most powerful gay and human rights activist who never got the recognition he deserved
It’s been 20 years since the award-winning documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin by Nancy D. Kates and Bennett Singer was on our screens. So this new Netflix feature RUSTIN written by Academy Award Winner Dustin Lance Black and Julian Breece is well overdue. Rustin was an African-American leader…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews SCRAPPER a fine piece of British social realism with rising star Harris Dickinson
Scrapper is a gentle new British film debut written and directed by Charlotte Regan. Twelve-year-old Georgie (bright newcomer Lola Campbell) has recently been orphaned by the death of her single mother. To avoid going into care, she convinces social services and her school that a fake uncle, ‘Winston Churchill’, is looking after her. She…
