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: 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
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news: Ex-Pope Benedict XVI, a Staunch Anti-LGBTQ+ Pontiff, Dies at 95. May he rest in piss The Saga of George Santos the Liar continues Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news: George Santos admits to lying about his resume in a series of interviews A BetterHelp Therapist Allegedly Told a Gay Man to Become … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
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, demi- … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
The Holiday Sitter is Hallmark’s first gay holiday romcom. A big city business man falls for a small-town hunk while babysitting his niece and nephew. Jonathan Bennett mugs like he’s channeling Lucille Ball. George Krissa underplays the guarded love interest. … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Holiday Sitter (2022)
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, demi- … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news Proud Boys Shut Down a Church’s Holiday-Themed Drag Storytime for Children Shatzi Weisberger, Activist Legend Known as the People’s Bubbie, Has Died at … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Three people without housing find an abandoned infant on Christmas Eve. Hana, an optimistic trans woman, doesn’t want the baby left in the foster system. After many arguments they decide to search for the child’s mother. Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news, Largest U.S. Survey of Trangender Americans Aims to Fuel Change There Have Been At Least 124 Attacks on Drag Events This Year Atlanta … Continue reading Weekly LGBTQ+ Discussion
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news, Two States Have Still Never Had an Out LGBTQ+ Person in Their Legislatures Kevin Conroy, the Legendary Voice of Batman, Has Died at … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
