Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterI must confess that when I first heard that ‘America Needs Fatima’ is coming to the Post Office Cabaret in PTown this Friday that it was a new drag act….. or God forbid …. a fab belly dancer. Turns out I was completely wrong. It is actually the name of a rather pernicious … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt is so heartwarming to see all the attention still given to celebrate the life and work of the celebrated queer activist, filmmaker, and artist DEREK JARMAN who died of AIDS in 1994. Earlier this month Queerguru’s Ris Fatah gave a ☆☆☆☆☆ review to MARK FARRELLYs tour-de-force performance in his one-man play JARMAN. We also … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterGeorgia in Eastern Europe and once part of the USSR, may be an independent country, but its attitude to the LGBTQ community is just as violently homophobic as that of Russia itself. When they started to organize Pride Celebrations in Tbilisi, the Capital, this year the Georgian Orthodox Church were up in arms. They … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterValentines Day seems the perfect day to celebrate the recent KISS-IN held by VOICES 4 in partnership with RUSA LGBT outside the Uzbek consulate in New York. It was a protest against the governments of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Azerbaijan who have been abusing their respective powers, rounding up, detaining, assaulting, and physically abusing LGBTQIA+ people. In some cases, law enforcement … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Australian Christian Lobby in Queensland have ……..how can we put it nicely? …..kind of gone ape-sh-t over a new television advertisement by Dunlop’s Volley Sneakers for their new Grass Roots campaign which features both scantily clad and naked models of both sexes. However the part that really infuriates the Group, who incidentally are one … Continue reading
