Tag: LA
Queer Utopias on the Dancefloor and Beyond
Facing the AIDS crisis and an indifferent mainstream culture at best, an outright hostile one at worst, L.A.’s Gen X LGBTQ+ community found a home for themselves in the performance spaces, and on the dancefloors of clubs like Jewel’s Catch One, Arena, Club Chico, The Palms, Paradise Ballroom, Outer Limits, and Circus. While many…
Wish We Were There : Pioneers in Queer Cinema Event in LA
Its been 17 years since UCLA Film & Television Archive partnered with Outfest to create the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project for LGBT Moving Image Preservation. This essential development was formed to confront the fact that historically queer cinema and related moving images documenting the LGBTQ+ community have been tragically underseen and woefully under-cared for…
The OutMuseum : the first LGBTQ+ arts and media virtual museum of its kind
The OutMuseum is the first LGBTQ+ arts and media virtual museum of its kind – available free to the public. Home to a combination of rotating and permanent exhibits centering themes, identities, and experiences which celebrate and commemorate the queer and trans communities we serve as an organization, the OutMuseum places the telling of…
Summertime : The most LA thing you will do this year
While the Miami head office of Queerguru’s international media conglomerate basked in 75 degrees this week, our London outhouse was caught in a surprise April snow shower. So we had to ask ourselves ‘are we really ready for LA in Summertime?’. Turns out we were thirstier than spring-breakers in covid lockdown. Let’s start by saying…
Queerguru at the Movies : OUTFEST FUSION
OUTFEST FUSION is an annual celebration of the rich heritage of the LGBTQ individuals that populate greater Los Angeles. The films and TV shows that screen at Fusion showcase the stories of queer communities of color, including African, African American, Asian diaspora and Latinx perspectives as well as many other cultural identities. The festival enables…
