In the late 1980’s the superstar queer pop duo PET SHOP BOYS were reluctantly to undertake more touring so they embarked on making a film consisting of several of their music videos. However once the met Jack Bond a director of the acclaimed Brit TV culture program The South Bank Show, the project morphed … Continue reading
The West Side piers on the Hudson River achieved a level of infamy in the 1970s and early 1980s as a gathering place for gay men in pursuit of public, yet anonymous, sex. Its reputation included the danger inherent in public exposure, libidinous activity and the dilapidated state of the structures. The area is now … Continue reading
PIPPIN ☆☆☆☆ The Eagle is large victorian pub in the gay village of Vauxhall in London. Queerguru last visited it when they had gay wrestling and the floors were sticky! It now boasts a New York inspired makeover and is home to club nights such as the legendary Horse Meat Disco. With club nights … Continue reading
After QUEERGURU recently featured the late legendary living work-of-art LEIGH BOWERY who made London shine so bright in the 1980s’, we received a cryptic note from a reader that read ” If you LOVED Leigh, then you will love Pissy Pussy!“ Intrigued we tracked Pissy Pussy down, and we think that writer was spot on, … Continue reading
There are some parts of the English language that the Brits have always kept for themselves. Like ‘Polari’ for example. In the 19th century it was used as the version of everyday language used in London fish markets, the theatre, fairgrounds, and circuses, hence the many borrowings from ‘travelers’ and Romanies. Then in the … Continue reading