Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLast year Tennessee was debating a bill that failed to include a minimum age limit for marriage. Child brides are evidently fine for the upstanding legislators the self-appointed moral guardians of the state. However, these are the same lawmakers who this week actually passed a bill banning drag shows in public ! This law … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWhilst the movie The Danish Girl is wowing crowds as it currently plays prestigious Film Festivals around the world and is getting nothing less than rave reviews for its star Eddie Redmayne, there are still mumblings about it’s lack of political correctness having a cisgender man playing a transgender women. ‘Time Out’ even goes so far … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn the early 1960’s Susanna Valenti and her wife Marie ran Casa Susanna a popular weekend destination for cross-dressing men and transgender women. It was situated on a large private estate in the Catskills in NY in a town called Jewett where the two women also ran a wig store. Way ahead of its time Casa Susanna provided … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Patricia & Frost Art Museum on the F.I.U. Campus in Miami is the first stop for an exhibit of stunning captivating work from artist Jess T. Dugan. To Survive On This Shore consists of a series of powerful images of transgender and gender non-conforming older adults, but what really impacts the portraits is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWith seemingly the whole of the UK up in arms about the major mess that the new Prime Minister has created in such a very short time, its about time that the country got some really good political news for a change. The rather wonderful trans comedian and movie actor Eddie Izzard … Continue reading