Month: February 2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
From the opening credits of this documentary on the legendary award-laden actress Rita Moreno who are immediately hit by her infectious exuberance and good humor. She was a mere 87 years old when this was filmed two years but was still working in the profession in which she loves (and that loves her). …
Nowhere : a queer Colombian/American ill-fated love story
Kleenex alert for this queer Colombian/American touching movie of young love that gets tested to breaking point by the US Immigration authorities. This is story of two young gay Colombians, Adrian (Miguel González) and Sebastian (Juan Pablo Castiblanco) who landed themselves their first jobs after college in NY. The film starts with showing us…
The Golden Globes are so much better when they go Queer
Just recently GLAAD reported concern about a decline in LGBGTQ representation on the large and small screen. We are sure they are correct about that, but after seeing the list of Golden Globe Nominations announced today it seems that queer is still very much here . We have been through the list with a…
Leo Adef captures the spirit of queer Berlin’s Ballroom Scene
When Leo Adef a queer filmmaker and photographer from Argentina , who is based in Barcelona, visited Berlin it inspired him to make this compelling short film on their Ballroom scene. I’s called Safe because this is what the scene represents to the local BPOC queer community. Adef told Ireland’s Gen Magazine I met…
Pete Buttigieg the first ever out-gay member of the US Cabinet
Pete Buttigieg, the former Mayor of South Bend Indiana broke through another glass ceiling today when he became he first out LGBT+ person confirmed to serve in the US Cabinet. The new Transportation Secretary was confirmed with overwhelming support from the Senate who voted 87-13 to approve him. Only retired general and…
