Ten years ago Russia’s Kremlin introduced legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, known as the “gay propaganda” law, which banned any public endorsement of “nontraditional sexual relations” among minors. Then in 2020, Putin pushed through constitutional reforms to extend his rule by two more terms and also included a provision to outlaw same-sex marriage. Two years … Continue reading
One of our main driving forces in QUEERGURU reviewing so many new indie movies is the sheer hope that once in a blue moon, you come across a new fresh, and extraordinary voice. One that has such a passion and drive that makes all the hours/days/months in those screening rooms all worthwhile. Paul Rice … Continue reading
Russian Restaurant Owners and their staff, like the crew from Funky Food 11 restaurant in the photo above, are so pissed with the Authorities about being stripped of their livelihoods during the continuing Lockdown they are literally stripping naked. Hundreds of bar, restaurant and cafe employees have taken to posting pictures photographs of themselves … Continue reading
Paul Rice a queer Irish creative director forsook his comfortable life in SF to take a journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway across Russia to see for himself what life is really like for the LGBTQ Community He even talked his Welsh bf Liam Jackson Montgomery into joining him.
The result is his very first feature film, a powerful documentary A Worm in the Heart that is about to have its World Premiere next week at Santa Barbara International Film Festival and so QUEERGURU caught up him for an exclusive interview in advance of the Event.
Opening with a quote from Nietzsche ‘there is also some madness in love, but there is is some reason in madness’ this timely narrative about how extreme homophobia is in Russia is a saddening tale about the price of being gay (and in love) in that country. Anton and his boyfriend Vlad are driving … Continue reading
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