Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesNearly every documentary that depicts someone’s transitioning journey is tough to sit and watch. Mainly because as they struggle with gender dysphoria they are made outcasts by their families, and facing poverty and unable to be employed become sex workers which puts their whole lives at risk. Very few are able to take this … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesErik and Erika is the dramatization of the extraordinary life story of Austrian World Skiing Champion Erika Schinegger who relinquished her title when she finally became Erik. Born in 1948 to a farmer’s wife, as the baby had no physical signs of any genitalia, the midwife declared that she was a girl, and the family … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen the movie opens Earlene is sitting on a wall in Venice Beach swigging from a bottle secreted in a brown paper bag and she very dramatically utters to a total stranger ‘Experience is the name we give our mistakes. Which one are you?’ and I cannot help but cringe. It sadly will not be … Continue reading
