Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAnnalise Ophelian’s documentary MAJOR! is an affectionate profile of one of the greatest leaders of the transgender community Major Griffin-Gracy. Known to most people simply as Miss Major or Major she is a larger-than-life old school activist who leads by example helping literally hundreds of trans-women of color, most of whom were strangers. Assigned … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBrian Vincent’s fascinating, albeit somewhat chaotic, documentary on the queer East Village painter Ed Brezinski, is a great addition to other profiles of some of his peers that were released recently. Firstly there was Chris McKim’s incisive documentary of the exceptionally talented artist David Wojanarowicz who died of AIDS in 1992 just 37 years old. Then … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques‘Making the Boys’ is a fascinating look at the 1968 groundbreaking play ‘The Boys In The Band’, and a profile on its writer and creator Mart Crowley. The breakthrough play about a Birthday Party full of funny, but self-hating gay men was the very first off-Broadway play written by an openly gay man which was all about gay man. Pre-dating … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesA chance encounter in a bar in Austin Texas with an eloquent drag queen was the impetus for filmmakers Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles to embark on a journey that would take them to Puerto Rico to explore the world of transgender people and drag queens. What they discovered and recorded in this fascinating new … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEditor Stanely Thai said that his video is meant to be a critique of female objectification in Hollywood cinema because it is done more often and usually in an exploitative way. He attempted to subvert that notion by featuring men instead. Some people may find the video as an alternative to porn or an … Continue reading