queertiques
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50 Years of Fabulous
For his documentary feature debut filmmaker, Jethro Patalinghug has turned his cameras on one of the oldest LGBT organizations in the country, the Imperial Council also known as the Imperial Court System. Patalinghug takes a look at its glorious history as it celebrates its 50 year anniversary and now starts to question if there is still place for it in…
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Man Made
Trans filmmaker T Cooper’s new documentary follows four men as they prepare to compete in Trans Fit Con the only bodybuilding competition in the US specifically for the trans community. The contest rules simply state that everyone must identify as trans and as such they allow contestants to enter regardless at what point they are of their…
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Ideal Home
Finally, a blissfully funny crowd-pleaser of a movie about an outrageous middle-aged gay couple that works its magic by having us laugh with and not at them which is such a refreshing change, Written and directed by out-gay filmmaker Andrew Fleming, it reunites Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan again, this time playing self-obsessed wealthy partners…
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San Diego Gay Bar History
Filmmaker Paul Detwiler’s documentary on the history of gay bars in San Diego is a story that is very similar to that from many other urban areas in the US who have seen the rise and fall of their number of establishments in the past few decades. He starts his film in the aftermath of WW2 when…
