> The New Zealand pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale, running now through November at Arsenale, recreates a sun-drenched, lazy beach island setting to present Yuki Kihara’s Paradise Camp, introducing visitors to the Fa’afafine, Samoa’s “third gender” community. The Fa’afafine are people in Samoa who forages identify themselves as non-binary, a gender that is … Continue reading
– For the first time in 16 years, counter to the frustrating recent slowdown in progress toward LGBTQ equality in Thailand Bangkok saw its first gay pride parade since anyone can remember (over 15 years at least) The Bangkok Naruemit Pride Parade was held on Sunday, June 6 right at the starting gate … Continue reading
Let’s talk a bit about Pangina Heals, stage name of Pan Pan Narkpasert, Asia’s most famous drag queen, the RuPaul of Thailand, a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race Thailand (2 seasons), and who just competed in “RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs. the World” (can we squeeze another “RuPaul” in this sentence?)… … Continue reading
All of the QUEERGURU Team are very passionate about what they like (and dislike) and with Glenn John our newest Contributor it’s 1980’s Brit Music (think Marc Almond) so we asked him to film the iconic duo The Sparks Brothers who were making a rare appearance at The Town Hall in NY, but he got a tad too excited, nevertheless this wee video reminds us of what fab musicians they really are
P.S. If you want to see more of The Sparks be sure to check out their 2021 movie that is streaming on Netflix
Review by Glenn John
Once upon a loooong time ago, Glenn moved from NYC to Bangkok (pre-covid, the most-visited city on Earth
- Forbes mag.et al) and suddenly he wants to let everyone know a bit more about Thailand (per capita, the queerest
country on Earth - his stats) and maybe some of the LGBTQI+ happenings in the neighboring countries also.
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