Tag: Same Sex Marriage
Taipelove* the journey for Same Sex Marriage in Taiwan
Berlin based filmmaker Lucie Liu debut feature documentary Taipeilove* is a compelling insider’s view on the evolving LGBTQ community in Taiwan as they fight to legalize same sex marriage. It is no spoiler to add that it has a happy ending as it was widely broadcasted at the time, that thanks to the country’s…
The Arranged Gay Marriage Scam
Any scam that takes advantage of people’s hopes and aspirations are completely unforgivable but here at Queerguru what we particularly find callous and unacceptable are when they are aimed at the LGBTQ community. Queer British/Asian journalist Reeta Loi was ostracized by her family when she ‘came out’ to them. She claims it also robbed her…
For once when two families object to a same-sex marriage its for a very funny reason
This delightfully cute 4 minute film ROMEO and JULIO from Spanish filmmaker by Fernando Colomo is about two young men both announcing their impending marriage to each other to their separate families who both pronounce their objections. BUT the good news is that it actually turns out why they are so verbally against this…
Church and State: the time that The Mormons didn’t get their own way
One of the major surprises of the struggle for same-sex marriage in the US was that one of the reddest States of all got it on their Statute books a whole year before the Supreme Court made it legal throughout the entire country. Utah is still the one US state where not only Church…
How To Marry : Indian Style
It has been less than a year the Indian Government decriminalized homosexuality in a country that is rife with homophobia. However a Hindu gay couple living in New Jersey gave the world a glimpse of how wonderful weddings there will become the day that same-sex marriage is legalised in their place of birth. Aditya…