Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn this new short film by award-winning trans filmmaker/activist Jake Graf he simply asked trans youth about the labels put on them by society. The result is a powerful message challenging the stigma of what it means to be trans today. Like all of Graf’s work it makes an essential contribution to the continuing dialogue … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDid you grow up as a skinny schoolkid dreaming that when you grew up you’d be a dancer just like Jennifer Beals in the 1983 hit movie Flashdance? Well, Daniel did, but when he finally plucked up the nerve to go audition to be a Go-Go Boy he was turned down because he was still … Continue reading
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The Last Resort is a wonderful new documentary that celebrates the work of Andy Sweet & Gary Monroe two photographers who brilliantly captured the authentic Miami Beach of the 1970’s and 1980s’ producing some stunning iconic images, before Sweet’s tragic murder in 1982. queerguru talks to filmmaker Kareem Tabsch (who co-directed the film with Dennis Scholl ) on the eve of its World Premiere at Miami Jewish Film Festival (images courtesy Andy Sweet Photo Legacy )
The interview was filmed by Hussein Wentz for www.queergurutv.com at O Cinema Wynwood
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Ella Marques is an extraordinary woman who chose to start transitioning when she was 60 years old. She wrote about her journey to finally being true to herself in a refreshingly frank and enthralling memoir I WAS A BOY FROM VENUS. Ella sat down to talk to queerguru on the eve of her Book Signing at Stonewall National Museum – Wilton Manors Gallery on 1/17
Filmed by Hussein Wentz.
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterEveryone loves a bad boy and this show has more than its fair share. Bananaman was a distinctively British, 80’s comic strip and TV cartoon with a hero who was very much an ironic counterpoint to the Superman or Batman phenomenon. It’s fair to say Bananaman is not that bright, but neither does he take … Continue reading
