Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual plus other groups, such as asexual, intersex, and queer
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the 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 pansexual, trans, queer, questioning, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
2018’s Love Simon inspired me to review stories about LGBT youth. I’ve seen more films since that first article and wanted to share my thoughts. What are some of your favorites? Teen Comedy Booksmart (2019, USA). Two uptight teen girls, … Continue reading LGBT Movies: More Teen Protagonists
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the 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 pansexual, trans, queer, questioning, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Peter Finch’s doctor and Glenda Jackson’s consultant are sharing Murray Head’s young lover. They’ve agreed not to speak with each other and he’s happy to hop between them whenever he gets bored. He hops a lot because they’re awfully boring. … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the 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 pansexual, trans, queer, questioning, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
I dedicate this film to anyone who’s ever been made to feel inappropriate. ~ Director, Paul Vecchiali. Paul Vecchiali’s Once More observes ten years in the life of a cad. He breaks a string of hearts before contracting the AIDS … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Once More (1988)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the 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 pansexual, trans, queer, questioning, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
He’s a budding drag queen. She’s a functioning schizophrenic. They’re roommates and they’re…. outrageous! Margaret Gibson wrote a collection of short stories about her struggles with mental illness and her friendship with female impersonator Craig Russell. Russell would co-star in … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Outrageous! (1977)
André Aciman’s 2007 novel, Call Me By Your Name, put us in the mind of Elio, an impulsive teenager. He spent a summer in Italy with his wealthy parents, his girlfriend, and a visiting grad student; Oliver. His feelings for … Continue reading Book Review: Find Me by André Aciman
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the 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 pansexual, trans, queer, questioning, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Two women meet at a ranch in Reno, Nevada. The uptight one is getting a divorce. The wild one has gotten stuck in a holding pattern. They fall in love despite the disapproval of their friends and exes. Angst levels … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Desert Hearts (1985)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the 101st Edition of 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
In 1982, there was a brief cycle of homosexual-relationship films, none of which were successful enough to form the basis of a trend. Producer/director/writer Robert Towne’s Personal Best is one of the finest. ~ Rotten Tomatoes. A bisexual athlete trains … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Personal Best (1982)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the 100th Edition of 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 pansexual, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
If you read a list of horror films with LGBT characters you’ll find a lot of murder victims, serial killers and vampires. Occasionally a gay side character gets lucky (Cursed (2005), ParaNorman (2012) ) but often they’re first on the … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Horror Protagonists
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
Over the last hundred years, more than five hundred books and essays in English alone have attempted to pinpoint and identify the nature of the evil in the work. ~ Playwright Tim Luscombe. Henry James’ 1898 novella, The Turn of … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Turn of the Screw (1985)
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
In Hot Potato a factory worker rescues a gay man from a hate crime and takes him in as a roommate. Eventually he’s mistaken for gay by his co-workers. They’re proud communists, devoted to workers rights, but can’t handle the … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Hot Potato (1979)
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
“They say it’s a sickness. They say it’s something that has to be cured. I don’t know. I do know it isn’t easy. If I had a choice, it’s not something I’d pick for myself. But it’s the only way … Continue reading LGBT Movies: That Certain Summer (1972)
