Tag: politics
London’s Rebel Dykes of 1980’s on the Big Screen
London in the 1980’s was a hotbed of radical lesbian feminism with its Rebel Dyke community which for some inexplicable reason has never been mentioned in feminist history books about the period. But that is all about to change with a brand new documentary. The movie’s producers take great pains to point out that before the…
Pee With LGBT
Texas is trying to pull a North Carolina on us and pass a nasty transphobic bathroom bill. So the local branch of the ACLU have recruited the Austin based Oscar nominated film director Richard Linklater to help stop Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s bathroom bill, SB 6. Linklater has made this wee film titled “Taking…
Trans filmmaker & activist Jake Graf talks about Headspace
Brit trans activist and filmmaker Jake Graf talked to queerguru for P.T.V. on the day of the launch of his latest movie Headspace. He released it to mark LGBT History month, and it is a powerful and somewhat disturbing insight into the daily trials and tribulations that trans people have to deal with that most…
Young, Queer & Skint in Brighton (UK)
The Marlborough Theatre in Brighton a rather glorious seaside town on the UK’s South Coast, is home to Pink Fringe a production company who specialize in mounting some excellent queer and LGBT cultural events. Their penchant is in the unusual, the unexpected and they seek out work that really has something to say about contemporary…
Greg Gould pleads Don’t Let Go
Out-gay singer Greg Gould, a runner-up on Australia’s Got Talent in 2013, was recently dumped by his Record label for being ‘too gay’. They went as far as to say ‘aren’t we done with the gay equality thing?’ This is so-called liberal homophobia of the worse kind. But now 28 year old Gould is independent and he is…
