Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival based in Cardiff, Wales awards the largest short film prize in the world – the prestigious £30,000 Iris Prize. It’s enough money for filmmakers to convert their shorts into full-length features like past winners like Daniel Ribeiro ‘The Way He Looks’ and Dee Rees ‘ Pariah’. This last … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBecoming Colleen: Finding the Shoe that Fits is a compelling documentary about a remarkable 85 year Australian transgender woman who is about to move to a Christian retirement village where she fears that they will insist she dresses as a man. Having lived most of her life as Colin – a husband, father, policeman, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBefore I Was A Bear ☆☆☆ By Eleanor Tindall The Bunker Theatre, London Nestled unobtrusively next to Menier Chocolate Factory, its more showy neighbour, is the Bunker Theatre. This former underground carpark is a welcome addition to London’s Off West End with a committed team and an eye for fresh new writing. Eleanor Tindall’s … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAll I Want for Christmas is Attention ☆☆☆☆ Ben De La Crème and Jinkx Monsoon Kentish Town Forum Christmas can be a nightmare for some, especially the way we are all forced into Christmas and its traditions regardless of background and for those that grew up in poverty it can be nothing but bad memories … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBen Lewis who has his own Farm in the lush countryside of Wales led a very unfulfilled life as he firmly believed that it was impossible to be gay if you are a farmer. Life in the closet is particularly tough when there are far more animals than people to share you life with. But … Continue reading