Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBerlin, February 1933, the new German leadership orders the closure of all cabarets. But Felix, the emcee of the depraved Fabulett, still has a story to tell. He has felt different all his life – as a son, as a soldier, and as a lover – and now has to abandon the only place … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIts hard to believe that they only made 12 episodes of the British 1970s award-winning TV series FAWLTY TOWERS, yet its popularity has never waned. Its three central characters Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) the tense, rude, and put-upon proprietor of this small fictional Hotel on the coast of the UK, his bossy wife Sybil (Prunella … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne of the regular events held at VFD one of the best queer performance spaces in London’s East End is Femme Feral. It’s a queer fight club that takes no prisoners and holds nothing back. Founded by artists Phoebe Patey-Ferguson and Anna Smith in the dark days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterRethinking identity and recreating our lost realities by Antonio Rodríguez Molina was first published in https://metalmagazine.eu/ “Why are you so obsessed with this?” someone in my family asked me a year and a half ago. I was lying on the sofa at my mother’s house watching a video on my smartphone. It was a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatter\Francis Bacon (1909-92) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. He’s generally considered to be one of the greatest modern artists ever. A charismatic, articulate, well-read, gay bon-vivant, he held court in London’s Soho for decades. If I could travel back in time, it would be to spend an afternoon … Continue reading