2022
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Chase Joynt’s ‘Framing Agnes’ on how the legacy of trans research shapes the future
Canadian trans filmmaker Chase Joynt can confidently leave this Sundance Film Festival clothing two awards, knowing he has been successful in a rare achievement. His sophomore feature-length documentary Framing Agnes is even better than his remarkable debut No Ordinary Man which he had co-directed with Aisling Chin-Yee. Joynt, whose day job is as Professor…
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Queer Life, Queer Love
We will admit to being a tad biased on this new glorious anthology of the best writing from the margins as one of its editors is Queerguru contributor Golnoosh Nour, and it includes work from Queerguru Contributing Editor Jonathan Kemp Queer Life, Queer Love explores characters, stories, and experiences beyond the mainstream. Celebrating the…
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Queer Britain secures a new home for a National Queer Museum
QUEER BRITAIN is a non-profit that has been working to establish the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum, has just announced they getting closer to achieving their goal. They have secured their first physical home in Granary Square, King’s Cross, London, occupying part of a historic building owned by the charity, Art Fund. Their mission is…
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Power Bear the queer hirsute superhero we’ve all been waiting for
There have been queer comics before, but we are guessing that Lukasz Majcher’s new Power Bear is the very first for the queer bear community. This superhero figure is no clean-shaved Superman or Captain America but a bearded and hairy seemingly-unassuming office clerk. It reflects a growing trend in pop culture which is more…
