Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDrag Queen Jinkx Monsoon headlines a group of LGBT celebrities and activists in a video that has been made to help raise funds and awareness for the LGBT community in Chechnya whose very lives are in danger under the current regime. LGBT people have been detained in concentration camps and tortured in horrific ways … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLondon theatres’ OLIViER AWARDS (the British equivalent of the Tony’s) were handed out last night into well deserving hands that had the LGBT community dancing for joy. Matthew Lopez’s acclaimed stage epic The Inheritance that has been universally recognised as one of the most important gay dramas of a generation won ‘Best New Play’, ‘Best … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTom Rasmussen and his alter ego, Crystal Rasmussen, grew up in Lancashire, England. Now identified as non-binary, the preferred pronouns are they/them/their. Though from modest beginnings, they became a sensation, at least in their own mind. Anyone who is a bit uptight, or even skittish, might find the brutal honesty a bit much. Their … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAmong Angels ☆☆ Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton, London “The realm of the Gods is a forgotten dimension of the world we know.” – Joseph Campbell The idea that we live among angels has been a source of inspiration for many artists, from Rainer Maria Rilke to Wim Wenders, and more recently Tony Kushner. Timothy Graves’ play … Continue reading
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SAUVAGE is one of the most powerful French queer movies of the year and is the feature film debut of writer/director Camille Vidal-Naquet. It stars Felix Maritaud (whose breakthrough role was in the multi-award winning AIDS drama BPM Beats Per Minute) and who was recently described as the ‘the hottest young actor on the planet you’ve never heard of”. You will never forget after seeing his performance as the young street hustler with a heart that won him the Best Newcomer Award at Cannes Film Festival last year.
Both men talked to QUEERGURU via Facetime as the movie opened in select US movie theaters
N.B. You can read QUEERGURU’s full review of the movie HERE
