SXSW
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayogas reviews Dano García’s ‘MICKEY’ on the eve of its World Premiere at SXSW
“Love is… actions!”. This documentary is based on Mi$$ Mikey diaries. It’s an experimental visual project by writer-director Dano García, co-written by Tonatiuh Israel, photographed by Diego Tenorio, with music by Pablo Horn, and starring Mickey Cundapi Bustamante, a trans multidisciplinary artist who, alongside García, uses play and performance to res-signify the past and inhabit…
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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…
