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: In the news, NYPD Cops Killed a Gay Black Man. Their Union Wants the Mayor to Dismiss the Charges Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear Vetoed One of … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news: So the comedy never ends, George Santos has filed paperwork to run in 2024 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Signs Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Protections Into Law … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Many years ago when I was in university, I was talking with a friend about what makes a film “queer.” Was it simply having queer characters and queer subject matter? Was it having something askew and off-kilter that queer viewers … Continue reading LGBT Movies: “Wild Things” (25th Anniversary)
Rules for this discussion: In the news: Kum & Go Is Not Afraid to Say “Trans Rights”. Minnesota’s Governor Just Made the State a Refuge for Gender-Affirming Care A Federal Anti-Trans Sports Ban Is Being Debated in Congress. It will … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
A closeted Liberal Chairman (Björn Kjellman) falls for an out Social Democrat (a lovable Eric Ericson). Four More Years is an enjoyably fluffy romcom. The leading men have chemistry and charm. It’s refreshing to see a middle-aged actor in a … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Four More Years (2010)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news, Fury, Condemnation as House Debate Begins on Anti-Trans Sports Bill The Texas GOP Censured a U.S. Rep Who Supported Marriage Equality and Gun … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Wreck was marketed as a comedy slasher series. Scream on a cruise ship. The ingredients are certainly there. The first episode introduces a killer in a duck costume, a saintly protagonist, hateful authority figures and an attractive ensemble of potential … Continue reading LGBT Media: Wreck (2022)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news: As February Closes, the Number of Passed Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Grows The Alleged Club Q Shooter Ran a Neo-Nazi Website, According to Police Kyrsten … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Alfredo Alaria plays an eccentric dancer. He clashes with his conservative family. They suspect he may be… different. His penchant for performing campy musical numbers in revealing costumes is a clue. Different couldn’t directly address homosexuality in Franco’s Spain. But … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Different (1962)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news: Marjorie Taylor Greene and George Santos Are Teaming Up to Ban LGBTQ+ Books Over 200 New York Times Contributors Condemn Paper’s Anti-Trans Coverage in … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Nuno, a college student, visits his sister’s farm in Vouzela. He soon falls for Alberto, a moody farmhand. Nuno is a cheerful protagonist in an angsty film. He remains blissfully unaware of the limits that class and gender place on … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Where the Sun Beats (1989)
Why bury your gays when you can make them bury each other? You may find yourself contemplating that question after seeing M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, the tense and morally muddy Knock at the Cabin. Based on Paul G. Tremblay’s 2018 … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Knock at the Cabin (2023)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news -FDA Will End Gay Blood Ban in Favor of New Risk Assessment Model Some Florida Teachers Are Removing Books from Classrooms Due to … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
This weekend the cinemas feature many tales of queer suffering and death. I wanted to highlight a film about surviving trauma. In Thomas Fitzgerald’s The Hanging Garden a gay man (Chris Leavins) visits his estranged family after ten years away. … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Hanging Garden (1997)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news: DOJ Moves on Gay U.S. Rep. George Santos, Asks FEC to Step Aside 91 Percent of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Failed in 2022: Report Pope … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Should the LGBTQ community assimilate or rebel? Should we band together or pursue our individual goals? These arguments were explored in a television drama titled Coming Out. It aired On April 10, 1979 as part of the BBC’s Play for … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Coming Out (1979)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news, Under Eric Adams, a Rikers Island Unit That Protected Trans Women Has Collapsed A Trans Hacker Was Able to Access and Leak the … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
A married man becomes obsessed with a teenage hustler. His wife intervenes. Man of Desire aches with sexual frustration. Each character is afraid of what they want. The film is in no hurry to give it to them. Dominique Delouche’s … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Man of Desire (1970)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news An Idaho School Board Meeting Erupted Over a Pro-LGBTQ+ Proposal George Santos Refuses to Resign as Allegations Pile Up Mark Pocan Announced as … Continue reading Weekly LGBT Discussion
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news, A Watchdog Group is now asking the FEC to investigate George Santos. Arizona’s New Governor Katie Hobbs Issued LGBTQ+ Protections on Her First … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Different from the Others premiered in 1919. It told the story of a gay man who is blackmailed and driven to suicide. Filmmaker Magnus Hirschfeld was an outspoken advocate for gay rights. He was forced to flee Germany during the … Continue reading LGBT Movies of the 1910s
