Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis totally enchanting documentary is a deliciously hilarious look at same-sex couples in Australia as they practice to enter the ballroom dancing competition at the Gay Games. The story starts in the autumn of 2009 and just nine months away from the World Gay Games in Germany, and Anny a vivacious blond dance instructor … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAs part of the celebrations of the 40th Anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, NITV an Australian TV Channel commissioned filmmaker Adrian Russell Wills to make Black Divaz. This totally exhilarating hour-long documentary followed six rather fabulous indigenous Drag Queens as they assembled to take part in the very first Miss First Nations Drag Queen competition. This … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Richard Bryon’s mother turns up to take him home with her and her new husband to their house in Balmain a working class suburb of Sydney Australia she puts on her act of being the world’s best parent even though she had abandoned him with his ‘Aunt Hazel’ for the past 10 years. John, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe overwhelming feeling you take away from Fiona Cunningham-Reid’s profile on Dawn O’Donnell the Australian lesbian businesswoman who was partly responsible for making Sydney such a gay destination, was the fact that she was a thoroughly unpleasant person. This very fierce silver-haired butch dyke initially made quite a lot of money through real estate investments … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLen Smithy is the arrogant captain of the team of young sturdy lifeguards on the same stretch of Australian beach where his father had been before him, and his father before that. He’s won the Team’s annual challenge race five times now and is used to being the undisputed king of this patch of sand … Continue reading