Tag: politics
An Audience with The Queen of Ireland
Until 4 years ago the very existence of Panto Bliss aka Rory O’Neill was a well-kept secret within the confines of Dublin’s LGBT community. That is until the night of his Noble Call in the city’s Abbey Theater. The ‘Call’ is an old Irish custom borrowed from musicians, who after a night of playing, leave the…
Broadway stars sing an uplifting We Are The World to replenish our hope
In the Queerguru office, we spend probably way TOO much time every single avoiding all things Trump, it is the only way we can hope to keep sane whilst we wait for this MADNESS to end (and it will….). We need as many positive messages of hope and truth and love that we can…
Jake Graf on Cyber-Bullying within the LGBTQ Community
Brit trans filmmaker (and newly married husband) Jake Graf has always used his art to pursue his activism too, and he’s been extremely successful at it. Last year his 4-minute short HEADSPACE about the everyday traumas the trans community face went viral on YouTube and was viewed some 13-7 million times. Also from 2017 his movie DUSK which is…
The remarkable film about Ilhan Omar the 1st American Somali woman to be elected to Public Office
Filmmaker Norah Shapiro talked to queerguru about her wonderfully uplifting documentary Time For Ilhan that is the story of an extraordinary Somali woman Ilhan Omar who, against seemingly insurmountable odds, was elected to the Minnesota State Legislature (Interestingly enough her campaign staff was packed full of gay men & women) The interview was filmed with Roger Walker-Dack at Provincetown Film Society & Festival where it won…
To Inspire To Be Yoursef
The founder of Bulgaria’s LGBTQ group Single Step Ivan Dimov said that the new stunning video that they have just released was based on a vision he had a year ago. It was of a young man in distress standing on the edge of a cliff. And he takes one crucial step. The video encourages people all…
