Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGreat Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens the greatest author of the Victorian era. This is his penultimate completed novel and it depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It.s a coming-of-age story with themes of wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil, and was an enormous … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesNow that Netflix has discovered queer teen love, there is no stopping it. Coming next is HEARTSTOPPER a story of an unexpected romance that has been adapted from the very successful graphic novel series by Alice Oseman. It details the friendship between two boys – Charlie and Nick – at secondary school, which blossoms … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWe had a ‘heated’ conversation in the Queerguru Office the other day about the whole concept that straight people over-think the act of having sex much more than we queers do. Kind of like Avery Hansen-White (Mika Abdalla) in the new HULU series SEX APPEAL. Teenage Avery simply doesn’t do things she isn’t excellent … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueerguru has been Down Under quite a bit recently covering Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney WorldPride 2023, and Myra DuBois’s Antipodean Tour and here’s one more item before we head back to the Northern Hemisphere. The ABC Network, in conjunction with Screen Australia, has had queer writer Adriano Cappelleta be one of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAfter the commercial success of LOVE SIMON in 2018 ( it grossed $66 million worldwide) Disney’s ears pricked up thinking that the world was ready for their take on a gay teen romance /drama. This feel-good crowd-pleaser of a movie was directed by (openly gay) GREG BERLANTI (BROKEN HEARTS CLUB) from a script based on … Continue reading