Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterColman Domingo the first gay black actor nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor has a busy road ahead. His nomination was for his performance as Bayard Rustin (in Rustin) who was a leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Now he has announced that he is to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLeonard Bernstein was highly influential in American cultural life. As the composer of musicals, operas, ballets, and film scores including West Side Story, Candide, On the Town, he lived at the center of popular culture. He was also bisexual, horny, studly, and married with children but engaged with male lovers in a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Spanish are streets ahead when it comes to producing culture in Catalan, the official regional language of Andorra, and the official language of two autonomous communities in eastern Spain (think queer TV series Merli). Now it’s the Scots who are stepping up to the plate with a remarkable new drama produced in Gaelic … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThis month, London’s best queer cabaret venue, The Glory, hosts a unique adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Created and directed by award-winning director Robert Chevara,, the play stars four of London’s most fabulous queer talents, Alan Turkington as Antony, Johnny Woo as Cleopatra, Alexis Gregory as Charmain and Jonathan Blake as Dolabella. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterYou may not remember but also starring in the gay classic film Brokeback Mountain alongside Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal was a young Anne Hathaway making her adult film debut. Fast forward and after a Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, she is about to star in a gay … Continue reading
