1980’s
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Queerguru checks out why wonderfully funny man MATTEO LANE doesnt want to be NEXT
Being a big fan (verging on groupie!) of MATTEO LANE is not our New Years Resolution as we have been following this potty-mouthed, hilarious queer comic for years. In fact, when he was about to make a return visit to perform again in Provincetown for a second time in 2021 QUEERGURU grabbed him for…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah can hardly contain his excitement as he revisits KINKY GERLINKY London’s legendary queer club of the late 1980s/early 1990s
London’s legendary late 1980s/early 1990s queer club night Kinky Gerlinky is back in the spotlight with the release of a twenty-one-episode set of footage from the infamous club. Film-maker and photographer Dick Jewell, then partner of one of the resident DJs Rachel Auburn, shot over 200 hours of footage at the club during 1990-92.…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews STUDIO ONE FOREVER the story of the infamous LA gay club with a racist/sexist door policy
Studio One Forever is a documentary about the infamous Studio One nightclub in West Hollywood, known for its racist and sexist door policies as much as anything else. Launched in 1974, the club ran for 19 years until 1993. Why Studio One decided to have racist and sexist door policies is not made…
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Patric McCoy : TAKE MY PICTURE : striking photographic portrayals of gay Black men in the 1980s
One of the very good reasons to make tracks to Chicago next month is to head to Wrightwood 659 to see a new exhibit from Patric McCoy. This Chicago native, retired environmental scientist, traveled around Chicago, often on his bike with his camera. The result is a selection of 50 striking photographic portrayals of…
