ROMEOS

There are all sorts of ‘Romeos’ in this very innovative and somewhat daring tale about gender identity that is about how very tough it can be just being one’s self. The setting is a couple of dormitories in Koln, Germany where young adults are based to do a year of social studies. The film opens … Continue reading

Romeu & Romeu

  A very young set of Brazilian filmmakers have very loosely adapted Shakespeare’s classic love-story Romeo & Juliet and made it a contemporary queer romantic drama.  This web series was also set in the fictional Italian city of Verona, and is now where the Campelos and Monteiros families have vehemently hated each other for generations after … Continue reading

Romeu & Romeu Pt 2

  This is the second six episodes of the hit Brazilian LGBT web series that is very loosely adapted (!) from Shakespeare’s classic love story Romeo & Juliet and has been made into a contemporary queer romantic drama.  Set in the fictional city of Verona not too far from Sao Paolo,  and is where the … Continue reading

Ron Amato knows how to bring out the best in men

Celebrated NY photographer RON AMATO has been taking images of diverse images of male beauty for several years and his work is highly collectable.  His most recent volume of work is THE BOX BOOK a stunning collection of photographs of contemporary gay men of which the New York Daily News said “…explores issues of sexuality in thought-provoking … Continue reading

Ron Amato : Playing in The Sunlight : Provincetown 1999-2022

  Ron Amato has been making photographs since his childhood in Brooklyn, NY. His early influences were fashion and portrait photographers Richard Avedon, Robert Mapplethorpe and Francesco Scavullo. Much of Amato’s work centers on issues of sexual identity. His ‘recent work centers around issues of aging in the Gay community, diverse images of male beauty, … Continue reading

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