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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘BLUE BOY TRIAL’ the heartfelt story of the landmark 1960’s Japanese trans rights court case
Queer life in 1960´s Japan isn’t mentioned very often, even though by the mid-1960s there were about fifty gay bars in Tokyo, albeit largely discreet and low profile. Tokyo´s current queer neighbourhood of Shinjuku Ni-Chome was already a thing by then. Trans lives were also becoming easier, in part due to the pioneering gender-affirming surgery…
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert reviews ‘PERSONA’ a stunning collection of MASKS @The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, London
557 burials in the walls and floors of the crypt built in 1822 beneath St Pancras Church resonate with the artwork of 40 artists. Persona is the brainchild of Estelle Riviere Monsterlune who corralled artworks from creative friends and colleagues linked to the curator’s otherworldly catwalks, underground markets, fetish dens and mixed media installations. This…
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Queerguru’s (very own Welshman) David Allen reviews MADFABULOUS screening at OUTshine Film Festival
We’re back to Wales, North Wales, the island of Anglesey to be precise, but now we’re in the late 19th century at a time when ‘Oscar Wilde rots in Reading gaol’. ‘Madfabulous’ from director Celyn Jones (who incidentally played the truculent brother in the newly released ‘On the Sea’) and writer Lisa Baker (in her…
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Pioneer Winter : a man of Passion and Positivity talks Plans with Queerguru
Pioneer Winter is a man with a purpose and a real passion for creating his projects. This Miami-based choreographer is the artistic director of Pioneer Winter Collective, an intergenerational and physically integrated dance-theater company, rooted in social practice and community, queer visibility, and beauty beyond the mainstream. He has such an infectious enthusiasm that has…
