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The Day I Met LARRY KRAMER : R.I.P.

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Five years ago I got to film my very first interview.  Talk about starting at the very top as my guest was LARRY KRAMER the legendary outspoken gay activist, playwright, author, film producer, and public health advocate.  He was also a  personal hero of mine too.

Larry was in Provincetown with his husband the architectural designer David Webster for the screening on a new documentary of his life Larry Kramer in Love and Anger,  directed by his friend Jean Carlomusto.  Though very frail at the time he generously agreed to the interview that the crew of PTV filmed in his hosts garden.

I was as nervous as hell facing the great man that I had admired from afar for so long.  As a AIDS widower I was so indebted for his unceasing work at ACT UP  and GMHC to help all of us affected by that epidemic, and as gay man had been so utterly moved by reading The Normal Heart and Faggots.

I needn’t have worried Larry is the most generous of men and never let on if he recognised my total inexperience.  I remember distinctly the pleasure I had of making him laugh more than once, and making one of my camera crew cry. 

That afternoon will always forever stay  with me, and now that it has just been announced that Larry Kramer died today at the age of 84, I’m sharing this interview again to remember (to paraphrase writer/actor David Drake) The Day I Met Larry Kramer.  May He Rest In Peace  



Tom D’Angora talks about MELANGE the new must-see queer TV Soap

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On the day that MELANGE the gayest ever Soap Opera was launched on Logo YouTube Channel QUEERGURU talked with its creator Tom D’Angora  to get him to throw some shade about the new show dubbed ‘Gay Dynasty starring Morgan Fairchild#ScottEvans  #OmarShariffJr  Laith Ashley AlexNewell  PerezHilton.com  #DavidAGregory Mark Indelicato etc

P.S. You can see the Full Pilot below…

 

 

 



Freddy McConnell : The Dad Who Gave Birth

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30 year Brit Freddy McConnell always wanted to be a parent and the fact that he is a transman was never going to stop him. He entrusted his friend  Filmmaker Jeanie Finlay with the task of filming his journey in such a non-sensationalised way so that he could share all the trials and tribulations of him giving birth.

On the eve of this excellent heart-touching documentary Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth getting a VOD/DVD release in the US on 6/16, Queerguru tracked down Freddy to where he and baby Jack are in lockdown in their small hometown on the British coast.  https://seahorsefilm.com/

P.S. You can read Queerguru’s full review of the documentary HERE



MY BIG GAY JEWISH CONVERSION with Simon Atkins

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When a nice Irish Catholic queer ‘boy’ falls in love with a nice English Jewish queer ‘boy’ he frets about whether if he should change Gods too. TV Presenter/Producer SIMON ATKINS decided to check it out see if there’s more to the issue than just undergoing an (extremely painful) adult circumsion. His very entertaining search takes him from liberal North London to ultra Conservative Orthodox Jerusalem via Israel’s gay hotspot Tel Aviv.

Now with his documentary being available streaming on Amazon Prime in the US, Atkins talks to QUEERGURU about what happened



Queerguru goes to Hotel Gaythering the gayest hotel in Miami Beach and never wants to leave

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Hôtel Gaythering is proud to be the gayest boutique hotel in Miami Beach.  Artist/owner Alex Guerra and his partner Stephan have combined their design aesthetic with a desire to create a contemporary queer space for more discerning gay travelers and locals alike.

There is such a sense of joie de vivre the moment you step through the door, so Queerguru sat down with Alex to talk about why the Gaythering is the place to be in SoBe.

P.S. This was filmed before COVID 19 BUT the Hotel itself is still open (with highly reduced rates) but the Bar and Sauna remain close in accordance with State/City requirements. 

That however has not stopped Alex has is running a whole calander of VIRTUaL EVENTS which you can find out about at https://www.instagram.com/gaythering/ and https://www.facebook.com/HotelGaythering/



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