Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBack in the days when Gay Bars were very noisy and distracting some bright spark invented the Hanky Code as a means signaling to others what your sexual preferences and interests are. The trouble is that some aficionados took it way to seriously and expanded the options so much that you had to have the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe legendary photographer Bob Mizer’s career really took off in 1947 when he was convicted of the unlawful distribution of obscene material through the US mail. He had always been one who was known for pushing boundaries in his work, and in an era when the mere suggestion of male nudity was not only frowned upon but … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe writer/director David France has followed his first excellent feature documentary the Oscar nominated How To Survive a Plague with another look back at an often forgotten part of LGBT history. It is the story of Marsha P Johnson a veteran drag queen and gay liberation activist who suddenly was mysteriously found dead not long … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThese wonderful vintage prints of Fleet Week and Memorial Day from the 1930’s have recently being unearthed by photographer Alan Light. It seems appropriate to share them today when we honor the men and women who died while serving in the Armed Forces, particular those from the LGBT community, even though many were forced to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterJust a few years before President Eisenhower kicked off the biggest LGBT witchhunt in the US’s history which became known as The Lavender Scare, over in Germany they were having their own gay persecutions too. Not long after the end of WW2 when Germany was trying to re-build itself, and the LGBT community was emerging once … Continue reading
