When The London Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence canonized Derek Jarman
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are the legendary queer charity, protest and street performance organization that uses drag and religious imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance and satirizes issues of gender and morality. It all started in 1976, when a convent of Roman Catholic nuns lent some retired habits to The Sugar Plum … Continue reading
Where are you going, Habibi?
Even though German/Turkish Ibo (Cem Alkan) has graduated with a good degree in business studies he simply cannot land a job. He still lives at home with his conservative traditional parents and his younger sister in their small apartment in Berlin. He does some part-time work in a sex shop which he keeps a secret from … Continue reading
Where’s my Roy Cohn? : Trump misses his odious mentor
It should be really no shock to see how amoral the odious lawyer and manipulator extraordinaire Roy Cohn was, but after watching Matt Tyrnauer’s impressive piece of investigation, we realise that most of us never knew the half of it. His time as the lackey and confidente of Senator Joseph McCarthy the self appointed … Continue reading
Queerguru reviews Quentin Lee’s WHITE FROG
Chaz Young is the eldest son in a wealthy Chinese/American family living in a rather palatial house in Los Angeles. He’s a handsome and popular athletic high school student and is considered quite perfect by more than a few people, especially his younger brother Nick who idolizes him. When Chaz is killed by a drunk … Continue reading
White Hot : The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie and Fitch with their preppy clothing had fallen off my radar some years ago, and it wasn’t until I watched Alison Klayman’s intriguing new doc WHITE HOT that I knew their stores were still trading. Klayman traces the rise and fall of the brand which in the 1990s to 2000s was the biggest … Continue reading
