Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn this documentary that tells the story of the leading Argentinian LGBT activist Carlos Jáuregui, someone comments at one point ‘it’s important for our community to know where we have come from’ to which we would add, it is equally vital that we know who propelled us along the way too. Every LGBT community has a hero, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFrench-Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s latest impassioned cinematic outing, and his most mature to date, is a family drama that consists of a lot of very long wordy speeches, yet it is essential about what is not being said about the elephant in the room. 42-year-old Louis (Gaspard Ulliel) has come back to his family … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Cecilia Aldarondo’s mother was clearing her garage out in 2008 she called her daughter and asked if she would be interested in a box of decaying 8mm home movies and several hundred slides that she had just uncovered. Little did she know then when she agreed to take the box did she ever imagine the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTheir are many ways to mark this day when we remember all the remarkable people who we have loved and lost to this disease. Friends and lovers who enriched our lives only to have their own so unfairly taken away from them. Events will be held around the globe today to help us focus not … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesForty-something-year-old Dan’s (James Roday) life seems to be at something of a crossroads. He is a long time AIDS survivor who has been HIV positive for some 22 years, a fact that he is still reluctant to admit too even though he lives in San Francisco. He is an author suffering from writer block so gets by … Continue reading
