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Queerguru’sRis Fatah previews Shooting From Below, the new show by Midgitte Bardot, on at London’s Southbank Centre …….from 9-11th April.
Fancy something different? Then check out Midgitte Bardot’s (great name!) new show, Shooting From Below at London’s Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room from April 9th -11th. Midgitte Bardot, aka artist Tamm Reynolds, explores just who is really dwarfing whom. For centuries, performance has been written into dwarf bones without consent. They are local celebrities with little…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews Caroline Litman’s memoir ‘HER NAME IS ALICE’ on how ‘the system failed’ her trans daughter
On the 26th May 2022, Caroline Litman received news that no parent should have to hear, news that would change everything: her youngest daughter had died by suicide. Alice was 20, and by that time had waited almost three years to get an appointment at a gender identity clinic. Caroline channelled her grief and wrote…
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Atlanta’s OUT ON FILM : LGBTQ Fest celebrates with its 2026 Spring Mini Fest
As the Queer Film Fest 2026 global circuit is about to kick off for real with BFI Flare in London, we are going to squeeze in a side trip to Atlanta. Their big gig OUT ON FILM happens in the Fall, but Fest Director Jim Farmer thinks that is way too long to wait (question:…
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Queerguru reviews Renée Marie Petropoulos’s 4th short film ‘SOUVENIR’ screening at SXSW
I have to confess that until now I had never given much thought to the subject matter of Australian queer filmmaker Renée Marie Petropoulos‘s 4th short film SOUVENIR. It’s the story of two teenage girls Keira and Zoe who fall in love while on a family holiday in some tropical paradise. They seem to spend…
