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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews Vaishali Sinha’s eye-opening ‘GIVE IT A SHOT’ Doc that follows a global race to develop a new male contraceptive
This documentary refers to a reversible male contraceptive announced as “the first breakthrough since the modern condom was invented 200 years ago” Directed by Vaishali Sinha, the film does justice to Dr. Sujoy Guha in his admirable quest for humanity. This scientist, for decades, has developed in India the so-called RISUG, a reversible male contraceptive…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Hijamat, an intense family drama screening at Miami’s Outshine Film Festival.
To Berlin, and an intense drama with Hijamat, the tale of a Muslim family’s angst at dealing with one of the men´s romantic relationships with another man. When photographs of Kerem (Jael Cam Ilhan) and his boyfriend Samuel (Jeremy Hanhoff) are brought to the attention of his deeply religious family and Muslim community, his elder brother Murad (Kida…
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Kansas continues with its efforts to make life impossible for its transgender and intersex residents
One of the scariest aspects of the tenure of The Orange Man is the total disregard for the Law. He not only thinks he is above it all, but he encourages all his MAGA sycophants to do the same. We may be at war; people may be simultaneously simply trying to exist within an outrageous…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews LITTLE TRAGEDIES an enthralling autobiographical film by Daniel Nolasco
Homoerotic desire translates into powerful images and a witty narrative that leaves the viewer longing for more. The autobiographical film is divided into a prologue, five chapters, an intermission, and an epilogue. A warning: this is not a happy film; a congenial one, sure, is. Its author, writer, and director, Daniel Nolasco, recreates and shares…
