queertiques
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Pride & Protest: being Black/Asian and Gay in the UK
If Blaise Singh had not been compelled to give up his job as an Elementary School Teacher, then we would never have gained a talented filmmaker with a fresh new voice about being Asian/Black and gay in the UK today. His passion and commitment to LGBTQ/human rights is infectious and as we see in…
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Jack & Yaya: the story of a remarkable friendship
Jack and Vaya is a very personal story brought to the screen by a small, woman-run production company based in Boston, MA. In fact the city is is where their story starts . Jack lives there now with his cute dog Plinko and it is where he works as a kindergarten teacher. He actually…
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STEELERS: The World’s First Gay Rugby Club
Australian television news reporter, Eammon Ashton-Atkinson had originally moved to the UK to escape depression. What he found was both love with his future husband and an opportunity to indulge in his favorite passion of playing rugby. He joined the Kings Cross Steelers in London, the World’s first ever all-gay rugby team and this…
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Breaking Fast: how one gay Muslim falls in love
Writer/director Mike Mosallam’s debut feature, the enchanting BREAKING FAST, is part queer romantic comedy and part tutorial on the ups and downs of being a gay Arab Muslim living in West Hollywood. Somehow the two are a good fit, so it makes us feel good that love (eventually) conquers all and we’ve learnt something…
