The Legendary Danny La Rue – Britain’s most celebrated Female Impersonator

  We’re starting the new year by taking a look back at one of our favorite queer icons of the  Since he first went on a stage wearing a women’s frock in the early 1950s Danny LaRue very quickly became the most celebrated female impersonator of his time in the UK.  A consummate performer always … Continue reading

The legendary MICHOU who inspired La Cage Aux Folles has died

Just two days after QUEERGURU interviewed Brit actor MICHAEL MATUS who is about to star in the latest incarnation of the gay classic comedy LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, the very man who inspired the original has died in Paris aged 88. The legendary singer/drag performer/night club owner MICHOU was known as the Blue Prince on … Continue reading

The legendary queer performer LINDSAY KEMP’s last film @ Dance on Camera Festival

  Lindsay Kemp, who died in 2018 at the grand old of age was a celebrated British dancer,  actor,  teacher, mime artist, and  choreographer. Known best for his stunning production of Flowers, a mime and music show based on Jean Genet‘s novel Our Lady of the Flowers, in which he played the lead role of ‘Divine’. Kemp’s work was … Continue reading

The Life of One Very Busy Genderqueer Muslim Drag Queen

  From time to time we like to check in with our favorite Anglo/Iraq genderqueer Muslim drag artist and filmmaker Glamrou is up too because no two weeks are ever the same with her.  ‘She’s’ just finished a stint playing a Pantomime Dame in Jack and The Beanstalk which really must have either delighted or freaked out,  the … Continue reading

The Limited Edition Drag Calendar 2018

  Now here’s an LGBT calendar with a real difference as most of the people featured in it keep on most of their clothes most of the time.  In conjunction with The Admiral Duncan, one of the oldest gay bars in London’s Soho, photographer Chris Jepson has produced  The Drag Calendar 2018 as a fundraiser for … Continue reading

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