Queerguru was very pleasantly surprised to open up the latest edition of ELSKA the queer photo-zine magazine to discover it featured men (and good-looking ones at that) from the LGBTQ+ community of Istanbul Turkey. Even though homosexuality was decriminalized back in 1858 local gays can face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. … Continue reading
Turkish filmmaker Ceyda Torun and her cinematographer Charlie Wuppermann must have the patience of saints to make this enchanting new documentary of theirs, as they stalked and trailed what seemed like thousands of cats that roam the streets of Istanbul for the best part of two months. What had originally enticed Torun, a native of … Continue reading