There was a time in 1996 when the LGBTQ community finally sighed with relief. Especially those amongst us who had been diagnosed HIV+. It was because of the discovery of protease inhibitors that could prevent viral replication by selectively binding to viral proteases (e.g. HIV-1 protease) and blocking proteolytic cleavage of protein precursors that are necessary for the … Continue reading
From the opening credits of this documentary on the legendary award-laden actress Rita Moreno who are immediately hit by her infectious exuberance and good humor. She was a mere 87 years old when this was filmed two years but was still working in the profession in which she loves (and that loves her). … Continue reading
So many of us in the LGBTQ+ community have such traumatic experiences when we ‘come out’ that it can have such an adverse effect on our future behavior in society. Even more for those that are the ‘T’ part of the equation. However not so for Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe a transgender woman in Texas who … Continue reading
Screening TODAY 4/26/22 at the prestigious 65th Edition of the San Francisco Film Festival will be a wee gem from one of Queerguru’s very fav Brit Indie filmmakers Joseph Wilson. His 13 min Isn’t It a Beautiful World is part of Shorts Program 2 and is a path to catharsis through the exploration of shared … Continue reading
Cuban filmmaker Carlos Lechuga’s second feature film Santa and Andrés is a heart-breaking compelling tale set in a remote part of Cuba at the beginning of the 1980’s. Andrés (Eduardo Martinez) is an openly-gay subversive writer who has been exiled to his hillside hovel of a shack and forbidden to write anything more against the governing … Continue reading