Media featuring LGBT content
Cringe comedy is a specific genre of comedy that derives humor from social awkwardness. ~ Wikipedia I was pretty hard on the film Make the Yuletide Gay when I first saw it. After reviewing ten other LGBT holiday films I … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Holiday Cringe
“It would be so great if this could be a film that people revisit every year…” ~ David Pevsner Last week I reviewed a series of LGBT Christmas films. Today I’ll provide a spoiler filled recap of one more: 2012’s … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Scrooge & Marley (2012)
“Friendships between gay and straight guys can be healing and uniquely satisfying for all involved.” ~ Michael C. LaSala Ph.D., LCSW. Psychology Today. Gay men have befriended women in media for decades. Today I’m looking at films focused on … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Gay / Straight Male Friendships
The following article contains mild spoilers. Bohemian Rhapsody gives Freddie Mercury two boyfriends. One’s an evil manager, Allen Leech, with a decent amount of screen time. He and Freddie exchange one, non-consensual, kiss. The other, Jim Hutton, is a masc, … Continue reading LGBT Media: Boyfriends in Biopics
“It’s not meant to be only an uplifting and inspirational piece of literature… I wanted it to be a little scary.” ~ Garrard Conley. Author of Boy Erased. The following review contains mild spoilers and the subject merits a trigger … Continue reading Movie Review: Boy Erased (2018)
“I’ve never met a man who experienced a change from homosexual to heterosexual.” ~ John Smid, former Executive Director of Love in Action. In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from their list of mental disorders. In response anti-gay … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Conversion Camps
“The big lessons are just being around, and being yourself, and imparting whatever you can, in whatever way you can, with a good heart. They learn by seeing what you do.” ~ Andrew Fleming Andrew Fleming secured two stars for … Continue reading LGBT Movies: My Two Dads
Dan Savage: “We want to let these kids know that joy and happiness is in their futures, too, if they can hang on.” My last two posts have reviewed films with GBQ+ cis male protagonists. (Links here and here). This … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Favorite Moments
“I want a gay thing about gay adults who are relatively well-adjusted and aren’t dying, that is wistful, hopeful, fun.” ~ Richard Lawson, Chief critic for Vanity Fair. LGBT+ characters have had it rough on film. We tend to die … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Adult Male Protagonists
The 2018 film Love, Simon follows the journey of a gay teen who is blackmailed by a bully. To protect his secret Simon throws his friends under the bus. In return Simon is outed, overcomes adversity and is rewarded with … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Teen Male Protagonists
