LBGTQI+ Movie Night In Bangkok – documenting queer Lives in the Asia region
Thailand is getting back to normal with the just-announced LGBTI+ Movie Night to be held March 24, in the wonderful gardens of the Embassy of the Netherlands on Wittayu Road in Bangkok (recently renamed Krungthep Manahakorn). The event is organized by the embassy in cooperation with Document Our History Now (www.documentourhistorynow.org) The previous event … Continue reading
Leave It On The Floor
When Brad’s homophobic mother discovers he is gay, she throws him out of the house. Sleeping rough in her old car (that he ‘liberated’) he finds a new home in the bizarre and wonderful world of ball culture. It’s an underground scene in which different ‘Houses’ compete on a dance floor catwalk to see who is … Continue reading
Leitis In Waiting
Joe Wilson’s fascinating new documentary sheds light on a threat to the very existence of a small LGBTQ community the other side of the world that makes for very compelling viewing. It is set in the tiny island Kingdom of Tonga, where the locals are very proud of the fact that theirs is the only Pacific … Continue reading
Les Invisibles : French gay seniors tell their stories
We finally managed to cross off another film that has been on the Queerguru must-see film since 2012 when it won a César for Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire). Les Invisibles by queer French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz a two-time Teddy Award Winner is a tender look at a group of French seniors who … Continue reading
Let Me Be Me: the extraordinary journey that a family undertake with their autistic son
The brilliantly funny queer comedian Robert White who made it to the finals of Britain’s Got Talent flippantly explained his Asbergers away by claiming he is a genius. He played the line for laughs although, by the time he finished his act, I had totally come to agree. White’s appearance on TV is … Continue reading