Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDarren Hayes who was once half of the pop duo Savage Garden until they split up in 2001 can hardly be called prolific. He enjoyed a career as a solo artist, but the last recording he made (until now) was back in 2011. It’s not as though he has been idle as he … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterMonica Nolan’s book, Dolly Dingle Lesbian Landlady is a hidden treasure. I discovered the book at Provincetown’s East End Books back in 2018. The book cover enticed me. A woman in a red negligee looking at a brunette (sisters of Sappho?) at Christmas time hanging ornaments on a tree in some interesting house with a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques1 Comment on Of all the queer love stories released this Christmas season, Netflix’s SMILEY stands heads and shoulders above the restOf all the queer love stories released this Christmas season, Netflix’s SMILEY stands heads and shoulders above the rest. After watching the sanitized don’t-frighten-the-children (or the straight) offerings from both Hallmark and Lifetime TV, it’s so refreshing to see something so authentically queer. However, its creator Guillem Clua who adapted the 8-part series from … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWriter/director Greta Gerwig received two Academy Award nominations for Little Women but now her latest film is on the most famous ‘little’ women of all time: Barbie. It’s an intriguing prospect especially when you also know that her writing partner (and also lifetime partner) is Noah Baumbach who picked up an Academy Award for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBalaban is the touching story of the coming-of-age relationship between two teenage HIV-positive girls in Kazakhstan and their journey toward freedom and love. Based on real-life events, writer and director Aysulu Onaran highlights the case of 160 children who were infected with HIV during blood transfusions in Kazakhstan in 2006 when untested blood was … Continue reading
