Oscar winning actor and all-round good egg Eddie Redmayne was in Los Angeles recently hoping that he may collect a second Academy Award for his stunning portrayal of the transgender artist Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. Ms Elbe in real life was one of first people in the world to undergo gender re-alignment surgery. … Continue reading
It takes a big set of balls to be a part of the US Army’s operation in Iraq when you are both an Iraqi and a gay man. Ghazwan Alsharif definitely has them, as after serving as a Translator with the Armed Forces for a long time, just two days after Saddam Hussein was captured, … Continue reading
queerguru had never imagined that when we all fought and won the right for same-sex marriage that we would end up embracing ALL the same traditions that heterosexuals have practiced for years. We are not talking here about things like dressing all our unmarried girlfriends in garishly colored ‘unfortunate’ bridesmaids dresses, but something much more fundamental … Continue reading
Some twelve years ago at the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival queerguru stumbled across a documentary of what seemed to be a couple of unassuming lesbians simply telling their tale of how they came ‘out of the closet’ when they found each other some 30 years previously. However they turned out to be a remarkable pair … Continue reading
Although he will probably want to deny it, but Shane Wickes is a real hero. This young High School football Coach from Reno Nevada came out as gay to the world very publicly in a TED talk at the University of Nevada. His story about his own journey is powerful as he articulates about his experiences … Continue reading