2024
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews SISI AND I : the fatal life story of the Empress of Austria
A bewitching association of the Sleeping Beauty tale and the Austro-Hungary Empress through the eyes of the lady-in-waiting. Lights on it is showtime, literally and as a metaphor of what we are going to watch in this fictional story with a queer twist based on the life and death of Duchess Elisabeth…
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We can never get enough of IAN MCKELLAN unquestionably the greatest living queer actor (and one of our finest activists}
Sir Ian McKellan (or Serena as Stephen Fry dubbed him) is unquestionably the greatest living queer actor. And one of the best and most successful activists the LGBTQ+ community has ever enjoyed. He may have been 47 years old when he ‘came out‘ publicly but what he has managed to squeeze into his…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Any Other Way – The Jackie Shane Story about the pioneering 1960s Black trans soul musician.
Just as you think there can’t possibly be many more high-profile queer figures from the past for film makers to profile, up pops another compelling documentary. This time the spotlight shines on pioneering 1960s Black trans soul musician/performer Jackie Shane. Any Other Way – The Jackie Shane Story details the extraordinary journey of…
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BUTCH PLEASE! has been declared “London’s coolest lesbian Club night”
Back in 2021 after watchng an alarming documentary from Executive Producer Lea De Laria, Queerguru asked out loud if the new Lesbian Bar Project could save the few remaining Lesbian Bars in the US? The film asked if you thought 200 was a low number back in 2006, then how does 21 seem to you…
