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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ’10s ACROSS THE BORDERS’ documentary about the ballroom scenes in The Phillipines & Thailand
New York’s legendary ballroom scene continues to make an impact around the world. Ball culture was famously immortalised in the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning, which examined the mid-to-late 80s African-American, LatinX, queer, and trans-led scene, which was founded by Crystal LaBeija in 1968. Madonna then came calling with Vogue, and more recently, Ryan Murphy’s 2018 drama…
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Queerguru’s Justin David reviews “LOOKING FOR ME FRIEND” an affectionate tribute to the late great comic genius VICTORIA WOOD
Full disclosure: Looking for Me Friend, written and performed by Paulus the Cabaret Geek, was an easy win for me. I am a lifelong fan of Victoria Wood. I love the work of pianist and music director Michael Roulston. And moreover, I’m already an unabashed fan of Sarah-Louise Young, who directed this wonderful…
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Queerguru’sRis Fatah previews Shooting From Below, the new show by Midgitte Bardot, on at London’s Southbank Centre …….from 9-11th April.
Fancy something different? Then check out Midgitte Bardot’s (great name!) new show, Shooting From Below at London’s Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room from April 9th -11th. Midgitte Bardot, aka artist Tamm Reynolds, explores just who is really dwarfing whom. For centuries, performance has been written into dwarf bones without consent. They are local celebrities with little…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews Caroline Litman’s memoir ‘HER NAME IS ALICE’ on how ‘the system failed’ her trans daughter
On the 26th May 2022, Caroline Litman received news that no parent should have to hear, news that would change everything: her youngest daughter had died by suicide. Alice was 20, and by that time had waited almost three years to get an appointment at a gender identity clinic. Caroline channelled her grief and wrote…
