Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe LGBT community goes globe trotting more than ever these days with often some very surprising results. Last week 27 year old Emmie Reek a Brazilian drag performer caused quite a sensation when she performed her version of Adele’s One and Only on RTE’s The Voice of Ireland TV Show in Dublin earlier this week. Emmie (aka student Emery Modesta) … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideVal is a much put-upon live-in maid to a lazy and self-absorbed wealthy family in Sao Paulo. She’s the housekeeper, cleaner, cook, gardener and even pool boy, yet she’s practically invisible to her employers Barbara and Carlos until they want something. Strangely enough she accepts their rather callous and off-hand treatment mainly because being there … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBrazilian LGBT movies rank amongst the very best of the genre, winning international Awards and finding enthusiastic audiences all over the world. Here then are our Top 6 Brazilian Gay Movies. 1) Tied in first place is Daniel Ribiero’s debut feature film ‘THE WAY HE LOOKS’ : a heart-warming coming-of-age tale about Leo a blind teenager who is shocked to discover … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesKarim Ainouz’s mesmerising melancholic drama starts and ends in a very similar fashion. In the opening scenes we see two motorbikers racing across the sand dunes and when they reach the end of the beach discard their bikes and clothes and run off into the high rolling waves. They soon get caught in riptides and despite … Continue reading
