Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThis is no shallow chauvinistic claim in this case but just the simply reality that no matter how skimpy the costumes Catherine Zeta Jones and her fellow dancers wore in Cell Block Tango in the movie Chicago (which won Zeta Jones an Oscar), there is simply no comparison with their performance than with this all-male version. From … Continue reading
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The Mathis are a remarkable family whose courage and determination rarely faltered when they supported their youngest child Coy who started transitioning from male to female in kindergarten after it was clear that Coy felt he was a girl. Growing Up Coy documents the family’s fight for her right to use the girls’ bathroom in a landmark civil rights case that prompted a nationwide debate.
On the eve of the movie being released for global streaming to over 190 countries on Netflix (it is already available on Itunes) director Eric Juhola talked to queerguru at PTV via Facetime about just how important Coy Mathis’s touching story really is.
For a full review of the movie click http://c3f.ab6.myftpupload.com/2016/12/growing-up-coy
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterMarianne Breslauer’s career as a photographer in Berlin in the Weimer Republic was cut short with the advent of World War 2, and in fact only lasted from 1927 -1938. Being Jewish she had trouble getting her work published in Germany so she emigrated to Amsterdam as the Nazis were gaining power, and then moved … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWith all this talk about the iconic divas who have left us in 2016, it’s a kind of a nice change to celebrate the birthday of one who is very much with us and still working at the ripe old age of 82. Dame Maggie Smith CH DBE, 6 time Oscar nominee and 2 time winner, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTo borrow an expression from H.M. The Queen, 2016 has been an ‘annus horribilis‘, and the LGBT community in particular has said goodbye to so many icons/allies/friends that the deaths of some of the less famous ones are sidelined and almost over-looked. queerguru wants to honor a couple of amazing women from totally different walks … Continue reading
