2026
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Texas’s anti-gay crusade continues but this time there’s a fight back.
Three years ago a report from the Anti-Defamation League and GLAAD, a national LGBTQ+ advocacy nonprofit, found at least 356 incidents motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ hate across the U.S. from June 2022 to April 2023 — 305 incidents of harassment, 40 incidents of vandalism and 11 incidents of assault, according to the report. We don’t know…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews MASC the debut feature from London-based artist Bertil Nilsson @ TIFF
Most movies are a passive watch where we sit at home or in a movie theatre and the story unfolds before us. ‘MASC’ from writer/director/producer Bertil Nilsson makes you work. This is by no means a bad thing, but it doesn’t make for a straightforward movie to review, not least because I don’t want to…
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Queerguru’s PETER HERBERT reviews THE 2026 ALTERNATIVE MISS WORLD competition in London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
As if to bring an end to one of London’s longest heatwaves, the good earth at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre was invigorated by much-needed rain. This was also a forceful addition to Gaia the great mother of life, as the theme of the latest instalment of The Alternative Miss World on Sunday 13 Sept…
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Queerguru´s Ris Fatah reviews the excellent Narciso, a dark, sexy drama set in 1950s Paraguay. Screening as part of Miami´s Outshine Film festival.
Paraguay 1958 – the opposing forces of a brutal military dictatorship and the fledgling rock n roll music scene lock horns in Narciso, director Marcelo Martinesse´s tense, sexy, dark drama set in a closed society where not everyone is ready to open up. Handsome entertainer Narciso (Diro Romero) has just returned from a year in Argentina.…
