When actor Matthew Cavan was diagnosed with HIV+ 10 years ago he felt totally isolated. He lives in Northern Ireland, a conservative and religious province of the UK which was way behind in its acceptance of the LGBTQ community let alone those with HIV.
Supported by his close family + friends Cavan created Cherrie On Top as his drag queen alter ego to give him confidence and made two documentaries on his life’s journey filled with such positivity and now he talks with QUEERGURU about the joy of being regarded as role mole for the community #NickyLarkinBBC Northern Ireland
Chris Donovan’s story of how as a queer bear he spent 25 years as a telephone repairman, then beat cancer, then went to Italy to follow his dream and become the designer of unexpected luxury footwear for the bold modern woman is one of THE BEST UPLIFTING stories Queerguru has ever heard : check it out
The interview was conducted by Roger Walker-Dack and filmed by Dan Desjardins in the Queerguru Yard.
Christine Vachon’sKiller Films have produced some of the best indie films for decades. Known especially for her work with Todd Haynes, she has produced some of the very best queer cinema, and ‘non-queer’ ones too.
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With the 16th Edition of the prestigious Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival about to start, Queerguru sat down with Curator David Kaplan to take about this year’s exciting and diverse program
Another of the memorable encounters we had in our recent visit to London’s East End was with Dan Beaumont to talk about the iconic Dalston Superstore one the best #queer performance spaces in the city. Dan, a legendary DJ and a really great guy, filled us in on the crucial role that fabulous venues like his play for every spectrum of the #LGBTQ+ spectrum.