Phoon (Asda Panichkul) and Yuke (Nat Sakdatorn) a handsome urban professional gay couple in their 30’s live in a sleek modern apartment that has all the trappings that come with success. They even have an adorable 7 year old son called Butr (Arituch Pipattangkul) whom Phoon had adopted at birth from an orphanage after his mother … Continue reading
Married lesbian couple Cari Searcy and Kim McKeand who live with their son in Mobil, say that their friends always ask “Why Alabama? You must be crazy.” It is the exact same question that any LGBTQ person will probably also ask at the beginning of this new compelling documentary that tells the story of … Continue reading
When Sarah (Sarah Wharton) is sorting through boxes at her mother’s house she comes across her father’s wedding ring that he left when he walked out several years ago. Without thinking she shows her find to her girlfriend Kristen (Nicole Pursell) when they meet up later in Provincetown on the beach for a picnic, who naturally … Continue reading
As part of P Town’s Summer of Love and Marriage, queerguru gets to talk to the leading gay activist Evan Wolfson known to many simply as ‘the marriage guy’. Wolfson is the founder and president of Freedom to Marry, a group that became a major driving force same-sex marriage in the United States. He is the visionary who started work on this matter of equality almost four decades ago, and now part of the story of how he successfully led the fight, is documented in a new film The Freedom to Marry by Eddie Rosenstein.
On the eve of the documentary’s digital launch on June 6th 2017, Wolfson talked about how the battle for same-sex marriage maybe over in the US, there are still too many countries around the globe where we still need to heed the fight, plus there is also the question of our community joining the struggle to seize our own country back.
The interview via Facebook was filmed by Roger Walker-Dack for “queerguru reports’ on PTV’s Channel 99.
P.S.Check out queerguru’s full review of The Freedom to Marry HERE
There are two reasons why you may want to hop on a Taiwan bound plane these days. First because they have just been the latest country (and the first Asian nation) to legalize same sex marriage for which we heartily congratulate them. Secondly, it’s the home of 26 year old Chen Yitin who has become … Continue reading