The center point of what we are calling P.Town’s Summer of Love and Marriage is this year’s BridePride the world’s largest all-girl wedding. After the phenomenal success of the inaugural event last year, the indefatigable organizers Alli Baldwin and Ilene Mitnick of Roux Guest House are determined to make it bigger, better and twice as much fun. They have moved the ceremony to P Town’s iconic Pilgrim Monument with its stunning views of the whole city, and this is where they sat down with queerguru to talk about their exciting plans for the July event. Well some of them, as the two of them are determined to keep some surprises for all the brides-to-be and all the couples renewing their vows. They would not even deny or confirm if the Minister for the Day the Rev Kate Clinton would in fact be abseiling down the side of the tower as rumored, but either way, we all know that she will make her own grand entrance as usual.
One snippet they did reveal that is any local gals ……i.e. those with an 02657 zip code …..will be welcome to join the Vow Renewal Ceremony FREE.
P.S. If you are still thinking of popping the question to the person who makes you heart flutter, you may want to check out our very recent interview with Evan Wolfson the Founder and Director of Freedom To Marry. If it wasn’t for Evan + his colleagues, LGBT marriages would simply not exist.
Any documentary that makes a contribution to the continuing transgender dialogue is important, but when it is as poignant and compelling as ‘Real Boy’, then it can play a significant role in nurturing more understanding and acceptance both within the community and society at large.
Shaleece Haas the writer/director of this multi-award winning movie talked to queerguru about telling the tale of 19 year old transman Bennett Wallace as he goes on the sometimes difficult journey of transitioning. Ben is a sheer delight and is refreshingly open and honest about his many lows, as well as his highs, and Shaleece explained to us what it was like being able to share his story.
Once in a blue moon when we are ploughing through our usual packed schedule of movies to review, we come across a wee gem that hails an extraordinary new talent that gets us more than a little excited. Discovering that this particular new find wrote, directed and starred in his first feature, but who is barely out of college, makes it all even more remarkable. Prom King, 2010 is already being hailed as one of the best new LGBT movies of 2017, and queerguru talked to its creator being hailed as the new wunderkind : Christopher Schaap. He is an old-fashion romantic in a young soul.
The interview via Facetime was filmed and edited by Roger Walker-Dack for “queerguru reports” for PTV’s Channel 99.
P.S. for queerguru’s full review of the movie click HERE
Bobbi Jo Hart is the director of the new movie Rebels on Pointe which is the first documentary that has gone behind the scenes of the world-famous all-male (and all-gay) ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. It’s a wonderful heartwarming tale of how this Company has not just survived for over 40 years doing their delightful parodies of romantic and classical ballets that have not just won them fans all over the world, but how they have become one of the oldest (and happiest) LGBT organizations.