Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt was always a sure bet that sooner or later the whole world would be aware of an extraordinary Irish drag queen called Panti Bliss, but it was her appearance on the stage of Dublin’s Abbey Theater delivering a ‘Noble Call’ on February 1st 2014 that instantly propelled her into the role of accidental activist and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe Argentinean couple who are acknowledged as the finest exponents of tango, and who managed over their 40 years of dancing together from the streets of Buenos Aires to the Broadway stage, share two major passions. The first is for the dance that they literally ate, slept and breathed every moment of the day, and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFilmmaker Laura Gabbert’s very affectionate portrait of the L.A. Times celebrated food critic Jonathan Gold is as upbeat and sunny as this Pulitzer winner’s own writing. The movie’s focus is very much on how this native Los Angeleno has an inexhaustible passion for rooting out unlikely culinary delights and then singing their praises, and we … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAnthony Weiner has a big set of balls. He kept out of the public eye for a couple of years following his resignation from Congress in 2011 after tweeting obscene photographs of his not-very-private parts to several women and then lying through his teeth about them. Now in 2013 he has come back from the political dead … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSome people wait an awful long time before they start to come to terms with the fact there were born with the wrong gender, or indeed have the wherewithal to deal with it. Gloria Stein is one such person as she waited until she was 66 years old until she transitioned. In this slightly stranger-than-fiction … Continue reading
