Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s a bit of mystery why it took several years for filmmaker Mark Saxenmeyer to get his documentary The Queens finally released. It’s a powerful story of a fascinating slice of queer history although it so poorly edited that it so often fails to do justice to all the ‘girls’ sharing their remarkable stories, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSome 13 years ago Jay Foxworthy and Bryan Leffew became good friends, fell in love and had a Civil Union. Along the way, they fostered and adopted Daniel and his sister Selena. Then when gay marriage was legalized in California in 2008, Jay and Bryan got hitched at City Hall in San Francisco. Both men … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJenni Olsen’s cinematic essay based around the Camino Real which was once the main route from California to Mexico is a very esoteric nostalgic look at the rapidly changing landscape between San Francisco and Las Angeles. Part history lesson, part tribute to all the Missions that line the route, and part recounting of an impossible … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis must-see documentary from 1997 was produced by San Francisco’ s KQED-TV as part of a series “Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco”. It’s a fascinating investigation on how The Castro became the gay holy grail. The area was originally known as the Eureka Valley when it was full of dairy farms until … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesRichard Yeagley’s documentary “The Sunday Sessions” makes for very tough and uncomfortable viewing. It’s not just the subject matter of gay-conversion therapy that is so abhorrent and extremely harmful, but the fact the film follows 20-something-year-old vulnerable Nathan Gniewek for a year as he tries to de-gay himself. Gniewek is a very likeable and … Continue reading