Tag: 1980’s
Kamikaze Hearts : Janet Bashore’s quasi-documentary plunge into the 1980s porn industry is newly restored for VOD
At Queerguru we like nothing better to bring you the best of indie queer cinema, the edgier the better …. and even better still if it’s real gritty. We were thrilled then to learn that the peeps at Kino Lorber are re-releasing Juliet Bashore’s award winning KAMIKAZE HEARTS from 1986. This 2K newly restored lesbian…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews KevIn Hegge’s TRAMPS! a wonderful nostalgic trip to when British music was at its best
1977-1982 was arguably the most fertile period in British music history. I was at school then and almost everyone was into at least one of a complete soundclash of music genres – including punk, new wave, disco, soul, funk, heavy rock, mod, two-tone, early rap, hip hop, electronica, and the new romantic bands.…
How the CIA’s “gaydar’ worked in 1980 in HOW TO IDENTIFY A HOMOSEXUAL
Back in the days when most of us were not nearly as colorful as the two men above, the CIA released a three-page memorandum on how to identify homosexuals during investigations. According to the 7 point list on how to use their prescribed gaydar , I would have easily passed as ‘straight’ ……..except for…
Queerguru @ BFI Flare : Rebel Dykes : London in the 1980’s
In the opening minutes of this powerful documentary we hear a voice that says ‘ we were young, working-class and poor: we were dykes NOT lesbians.” It is a statement of fact but there is a slight edge to it which we take as a warning not to misinterpret who this group of queer women…
Linda Simpson : THE DRAG EXPLOSION of the 1980s
If you still yearn for queer life in = New York City back in the 1980’s, when drag was so much more original, creative and really fun, then you’ll love this new book THE DRAG EXPLOSION by Linda Simpson The one time publisher of the revolutionary queer magazine, My Comrade , Simpson would go on…
