Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWhilst the US is commemorating Veterans Day on November 11th, Europe is marking it as Armistice Day . They are both remembering all the brave men and women who lost their lives in two World Wars fighting for peace, We’ve chosen this day to take a look at Michael Stokes excellent book My Buddy: … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOver the past decade there has been a major global photo-storytelling project by 130 people living with HIV and AIDS that successfully set out to de-stigmatize the disease. All of them have participated in workshops led by South African photographer Gideon Mendel, with photo educator Crispin Hughes, and David Gere, director of the Art & … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWe read somewhere that Frank DeCaro’s glorious new book which is one of the most comprehensive guides to Drag was meant for children to know its history. Sorry kids its way too good for you. Journalist/Broadcaster DeCaro possesses a detail knowledge of the subject because he says he has always been a ‘drag hag.’ We … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne of Queerguru’s favorite documentaries of all time is Finding Vivian Maier (2013). It’s the story of how graduate student John Maloof unwittingly uncovered a photographic treasure trove of an unknown photographer who had produced some of the very best street images from the 1950’s to the late 1990’s. Vivian Maier had been a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOK so if you are particularly politically- correct with a limited sense of humor, then you may want to stop reading. However as the queerguru office is so often fueled on sarcasm, we LOVE this new book with it’s very decidedly off-color humor. MY POP’S A TOP is a witty, picture book penned from the … Continue reading
