queertiques
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The Most Dangerous Year : for the transgender community
One of the most important aspects of working towards both acceptance and equal nights for the transgender community is sheer visibility. As Vlada Knowlton’s excellent new documentary points out so much of the hatred and fear is based on ignorance of people who have yet to encounter or have an exchange with trans adult…
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Rainbow’s Sunset : a Filipino gay melodrama that is way too preachy
If you ever wondered what a gay Filipino Lifetime Made For TV Movie would look like, then Rainbow’s Sunset would be it. Maybe something got lost in translation, or it is to do with cultural differences, but this tale of these 80+ year old gay men finally moving in with each other when one…
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The White Crow ; the story of the original Bad Boy of Ballet
For his third time behind the camera the two time Academy Award nominated actor Ralph Fiennes has tackled the story of the defection to the West of Rudolph Nureyev the Russian who was one of the greatest dancers of all time. With a script by two time Academy Award nominated writer David Hare, this…
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Bonding Netflix’s new series shows that BDSM can really be fun
Bonding, the delightfully funny new Netflix series about a Dominatrix and her BDSM work is the type of program that will give apoplexy to the sanctimonious who will rush to publicly condemn a lifestyle in which they probably actually make up most of the clientele in real life. As Tiff (Zoe Levin) is at college…
