Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterProfessional sports is the one of the last remaining bastions where homophobia still seems to flourish unabated. For every brave courageous LGBT athlete that dares to publicly come out of the closet, there are several thousands more kept in by sheer fear of what will happen to their careers, their lives and their loved … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn a new report out the LGBT advocacy group GLAAD claims that most major Hollywood studio films either totally avoid our community or they ensure that LGBT figures are simply the butts of jokes or putdowns. In 2014, for example, only 17 of more than 100 studio releases included lesbian, gay or bisexual characters, and … Continue reading
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Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe more we see of (fellow Brit) James Corden the unquestionably funniest Late Late Show Host on American TV right now, the more we love him. Watch him here pitch in with his very witty take on why Dalton Maldonado, the star basketball player at Betsy Layne High School in Kentucky omitted from his yearbook because … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesNewbie filmmaker Aaron Douglas Johnson’s debut feature is an unsettling docu-drama hybrid that arose from a very personal tragedy in his life. Johnson was born in a small town in Iowa and as an only child he grew up very close to his cousin Matt. By all accounts Matthew, a devout Catholic and a passionate … Continue reading
