Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLike clockwork every first Friday of the month the very motley crew of performers collectively known as The LipSinkers take over the stage at the legendary RVT (Royal Vauxhall Tavern) the oldest gay bar in South London. With their wickedly camp sense of outrageous humor which borders on the insane (or maybe beyond) and dressed … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTwo emerging young queer filmmakers from America and Australia are set to scare UK audiences with the premieres of their genre-bending debut features at this year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, London, which runs 24th – 28th August 2023. Teenagers George Baron and Alice Maio Mackay herald exciting new voices of diversity from the LGBTQ+ … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterGood news from the Queer East Film Festival in London. They are back online in the coming weeks for a series of virtual screenings that will be available throughout the UK. On 31st March, the International Transgender Day of Visibility, they kicked off by teaming up with Focus Hong Kong Film Festival to screen … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLondon’s queer spaces have a shiny new kid on the block. www.queercircle.org opened a physical, David Kohn Architect designed, LGBTQ+ community centre at North Greenwich’s new Design District this week, a stone’s throw from the O2 Centre. Founded by film-maker/curator Ashley Joiner, the impressive board of trustees includes actor Russell Tovey, artist/film-maker Isaac … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLondon in the 1980’s was a hotbed of radical lesbian feminism with its Rebel Dyke community which for some inexplicable reason has never been mentioned in feminist history books about the period. But that is all about to change with a brand new documentary. The movie’s producers take great pains to point out that before the … Continue reading