Ris Fatah
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘BLUE BOY TRIAL’ the heartfelt story of the landmark 1960’s Japanese trans rights court case
Queer life in 1960´s Japan isn’t mentioned very often, even though by the mid-1960s there were about fifty gay bars in Tokyo, albeit largely discreet and low profile. Tokyo´s current queer neighbourhood of Shinjuku Ni-Chome was already a thing by then. Trans lives were also becoming easier, in part due to the pioneering gender-affirming surgery…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews LONE STAR BULL a dramatic thriller starring Luke MacFarlane
Queer human rights are never earned permanently. They are always under threat of attack from wrong ´uns, never more so than right now with the various right-wing fanatic governments around the world, including Trump’s Republican Party. Sometimes it feels as though we are heading back to the homophobic 1980s Reagan era. This makes director…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘SMOKE’ a thought provoking play by/starring Alexis Gregory
Smoke is the latest play by London-based actor-playwright Alexis Gregory (Riot Act). Directed by Campbell X (Stud Life, Low Rider), Smoke is a brutal monologue that observes the psychotic downward spiral that can occur when recreational drug use and mental health get out of hand. Forty-four year old Alex (Gregory) wakes up one morning to…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews GIRL ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD the new album by London based Keeley
London-based indie band Keeley continue their latest tour promoting their new album ¨Girl On The Edge Of The World.¨ The band comprises Irish singer-guitarist Keeley Moss, bassist Luke Foxtrot and former Morrissey drummer Andrew Paresi. Their music is a dreamy soundscape of eighties-influenced indie art-rock, shoegaze, dreampop, and electronica. Songwriter Keeley has dedicated the past…
