Tag: San Francisco
Will San Francisco allow Gay Bathhouses to Re-Open?
After being closed 40 years ago in the height of the AIDS pandemic, there is now a suggestion that it is time to allow gay bathhouses to reopen in San Francisco City Supervisor Rafael Mandelman who represents District 8 – including the Castro has made a proposal that would update existing bans on adult…
50 Years of Fabulous
For his documentary feature debut filmmaker, Jethro Patalinghug has turned his cameras on one of the oldest LGBT organizations in the country, the Imperial Council also known as the Imperial Court System. Patalinghug takes a look at its glorious history as it celebrates its 50 year anniversary and now starts to question if there is still place for it in…
Beautiful By Night : the tale of 3 veteran Drag Queens
James Hosking’s illuminating documentary follows three veteran drag entertainers at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge, one of the very last gay bars left in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. His camera silently follows Olivia Hart, Collette LeGrande, and Donna Personna as they prepare for another night shift performing at the dive bar that has become quite a haunt for tourists…
The extraordinary How To Make A Pearl
Landing in the queerguru office this morning was a new extraordinary short film from the documentaries division of The Guardian Newspaper in London. We intended to take a quick glimpse and come back and watch it later, but it was one of those remarkable stories that begged for our immediate attention, and so we viewed it…
S.F. Sean Dorsey’s Boys Bite Back
Next week award-winning trans choreographer/dancer Sean Dorsey presents BOYS BITE BACK an evening of powerful performance on navigating queer & trans masculinities – featuring new works by his Company Sean Dorsey Dance with two guest artists. The Singing Bois are a queer retro quartet – part boy band, part Rat Pack, they twist gender expectations with musical precision; guest performer Amir…
