Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf you are interested in the history of the LGBTQ community (and who isn’t?) then Queerguru recommend you check out THE LOG BOOKS an award-winning queer podcast. Run by Brit journalist and ex social media editor Adam Z Smith who is one of the 3 co-founders. It focuses on British queer history, and in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn 1968, way before Paris is Burning and the ubiquitous Drag Race, filmmaker Frank Simon shot his debut documentary about the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant. This glorious piece of cinema verite that captured a group of drag queens vying to be the winner has been lovingly restored in 4K, and thanks to the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterA little bit of Welsh Queer History had some closure today when a diamond tiara that once belonged to one of Britain’s most extravagant and outrageous aristocrats was put up for Sale. The Anglesey Tiara was at one time owned by Henry Cyril Paget fifth Marquess of Anglesey who inherited it in 1891 as part … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf you are a regular reader of QUEERGURU then you’ll know that we are passionate about queer history . So too is a 29 year old Brit in East London called Jim Kemp the creator behind an excellent new Podcast that we have become addicted too. You would never guess that THE ROAD TO HERE … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterSeemingly everything in the UK is steeped in history. Tak the national postal service known as The Royal Mail. It started back in 1516 when Henry VIII established a “Master of the Posts”, a position that was renamed “Postmaster General” in 1710. Upon his accession to the throne of England at the Union of the Crowns in 1603, James … Continue reading