SXSW
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Queerguru reviews Renée Marie Petropoulos’s 4th short film ‘SOUVENIR’ screening at SXSW
I have to confess that until now I had never given much thought to the subject matter of Australian queer filmmaker Renée Marie Petropoulos‘s 4th short film SOUVENIR. It’s the story of two teenage girls Keira and Zoe who fall in love while on a family holiday in some tropical paradise. They seem to spend…
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The Secret of Me : a compelling doc of a raging medical expose of how an Intersex person was mistreated
Last week was Intersex Awareness Day, which marked the anniversary of the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America in 1996, and was created to raise awareness of human rights issues facing intersex people and promote understanding, respect, and inclusion for intersex people. To celebrate the occasion in Australia the City of Sydney…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY one of music’s pioneering Black trans performers.
In the 1960s Jackie Shane was a groundbreaking R&B star on the rise, she dared to say the things other people didn’t say, at a time when she knew she couldnt be who she really was. Under those premises, and throughout the film, animated sequences that resemble watercolor paintings, illustrate about Jackie´s doings, concerns,…
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Cottaging at the World Trade Center
In the UK it is known as “cottaging“. In the US the same practice is called Tearoom Trade. Either way is what we call one of the favorite pastimes of so many many gay men, including George Michael, for cruising for sex in public places. Its been going on for more than decades, with…
