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This article contains discussion of fetishism. Reader discretion is advised. I’m frustrated by this. I’m frustrated and scared about what I have to say. I’m scared about how people will react to what I’m going to write. React to what … Continue reading My Queerness and pop culture – Batman (slightly NSFW; graphics heavy)
Greetings, Avocadoans! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! It’s time once again for The Avocado’s weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Note: The following has a discussion about fetishism. Reader discretion is advised. God, Sleeping Beauty. Yes, it’s one of the most beautifully animated films ever made. Yes, the real stars of the movie are The Three Good Fairies. Yes, it … Continue reading My queerness and pop culture – Disney! 02
Jane Austin wrote: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Another truth universally acknowledged is that gays love Disney and I am no different. I don’t … Continue reading My queerness and pop culture – Disney! 01
Sticks and Stones follows a squabbling gay couple who throw a party at their Fire Island beach house. The guests are a mix of hippies, divas and clowns who sing, chatter and hook up. The half improvised film had a … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Sticks and Stones (1970)
This is going to be awkward for me as I’m going to be talking about myself, sometimes frankly. Here’s goes everything. It’s the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which propelled the Gay Rights Movement into the public eye; it’s … Continue reading My queerness and pop culture – An introduction and the other meaning of queerness
Do you remember the first time you saw a happy gay film? Mine was 1978’s La Cage Aux Folles. You may have seen the remake (1996’s The Birdcage) or the musical… but have you seen the sequels? In honor of … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The La Cage Aux Folles Trilogy
Can’t let Pride Month pass without a round of LGBT+ trivia. Which US President is judged by some historians to have likely been gay based on his lifelong bachelorhood and long and intimate friendship with Alabama senator turned Vice President … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: LGBT+
Greetings, Avocadoans! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! It’s time once again for The Avocado’s weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Doug, a popular upperclassman, takes Peter, a shy freshman, under his wing at the University of Toronto. Will they fall in love or is their romance only in Doug’s head? 22 year old director/co-writer David Secter kept things just ambiguous … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Winter Kept Us Warm (1965)
Greetings, Avocadoans! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! It’s time once again for The Avocado’s weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Querelle, a handsome sailor, visits a port town to explore his sexuality. There he commits a murder, betrays his friends and has lots of sex. Writer/Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder was experimenting with style. The pornographic story is performed by deadpan … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Querelle (1982)
“For as long as I can remember I’ve hated myself” ~ Rocketman. American culture says encouraging things to abuse survivors. “It wasn’t your fault.” “You deserve love.” “You can be healthy and successful.” These things come with conditions. “You just … Continue reading Movie Review: Rocketman (2019)
Greetings, Avocadoans! It’s time once again for The Avocado’s weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, gay, bi- or … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
It is extraordinary, in this over-permissive age, to believe that this modest film could ever have been considered courageous, daring or dangerous to make. It was, in its time, all three.” ~Dirk Bogarde, Actor, c 1988. When a gay man … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Victim (1961)
Greetings, Avocadoans! It’s time once again for The Avocado’s weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, gay, bi- or … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
‘I would like a Romeo and Romeo story about simple young men, working-class young men’ ~ Anthony Blond, Publisher In 1964 London’s biker culture was still in vogue, kitchen sink drama was all the rage and 1957’s Wolfenden Report had recommended … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Leather Boys (1964)
Greetings, Avocadoans! It’s time once again for The Avocado’s weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, gay, bi- or … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Love that not even a war can destroy. A French peasant hides a wounded German soldier during World War II. They slowly fall in love. Philippe Vallois was directing Gay/Bi cinema in France well before it was mainstream. His tone … Continue reading LGBT Movies: We Were One Man (1979)
There’s an early scene in The White Crow where Rudolf Nureyev, the Russian ballet dancer, stares intently at his sleeping dorm mate. The man is naked with a sheet artfully arranged to show a hint of shapely buttock. The audience … Continue reading Movie Review: The White Crow (2019)
Greetings, Avocadoans! It’s time once again for The Avocado’s weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, gay, bi- or … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
