Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn his 4th short movie the multi-talented British trans-filmmaker Jake Graf once again plays with our expectations in this delightful wee drama that he fills with surprises. When two rather lonely total strangers meet at an isolated bus-stop in the dark hours of early morning and strike up a conversation, they both gently reveal their unhappiness … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques1 Comment on Deconstructing ZoeThis new documentary having its World Premiere at Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival sets about exploring the rather blurred lines of gender and sexuality of a rather extraordinary London based Malayan Chinese actor/producer called Chowee Leow aka Zoe who is a self-professed gender-illusionist. Initially listening to interviews with Lee and friends was somewhat confusingly as no-one … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis documentary is the story of Phong a 20-something-year-old Vietnamese transwoman as she goes about realigning her body to finally becoming the woman she has always rightly felt she was. The youngest of six siblings, Phong could never identify the source of her deep childhood depression until she left her small village home to go to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen has just announced this afternoon that he will cancel his upcoming show that he was due to perform this Sunday, April 10th in Greensboro Coliseum, North Carolina as an act of ‘solidarity’ with the LGBT community who are protesting the State’s heinous new ‘Bathroom Act’ The newly enacted … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThese ‘Sisters’ were part of a crowd on the lawn of North Carolina’s Governor Pat McCrory residence at the weekend, calling for an end to the new bathroom law that bans trans people from peeing in their proper bathrooms. They launched a new anthem for the LGBT community that we think could soon be a firm favorite … Continue reading
