Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe LOL Word: Coming Out Special ☆☆☆☆ The Vault Festival, London As the number of gay bars in London is decimated and the number of lesbian bars is well, we can’t even do the maths, were there ever enough to decimate? then we are often left asking, where do all the women go on a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLondon’s Museum of Sex Objects, founded by the legendary Debbie Sim, has taken over arts venue The Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury, London for a month-long residency this September. The museum’s mission is to preserve our complex and fascinating sexual history. The museum boasts a bountiful array of never-before-seen sex objects, artworks and relics, straddling the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTHE NORMAL HEART ☆☆☆☆☆ THE NATIONAL THEATRE, LONDON Larry Kramer’s seminal play, The Normal Heart, gets a well-timed revival at The National Theatre, London. This moving drama spans the first four years of the AIDS virus in New York City – covering 1981 to 1985 – and is a loosely autobiographical account … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Pleasure Garden ☆☆☆☆ Above The Stag Theatre, London If you were thirsty for a better musical after this week’s release on Amazon Prime of the one dimensional and utterly forgettable Everybody is Talking About Jamie then fear not, to the rescue comes The Pleasure Gardens, which is fruity, spirited, and welcome as a bowl … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt is doubtful that anyone outside Christopher Zyda’s personal circle of friend or business associates could identify him as an author. Memoirs are usually attached to some kind of adjacent celebrity or renown in own’s chosen field. Though unknown, he has quite a story to share. Raised in typical, middle-class, Southern California, his early years … Continue reading