The UK at the beginning of the 1980s was a highly-charged environment. Thatcher’s brutal economic policies, high youth unemployment, the urban riots of the summer of 1981, and very politicized new wave and Two-Tone music scenes fuelled a tense atmosphere. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were best friends, having met at school in 1975 … Continue reading
White Balls In Walls is an interesting documentary about diversity, revealing how one institution, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, reconsiders its cultural offering to properly reflect the city’s demographics in terms of race and gender. Whilst this film is about a museum, the processes involved regarding the improvement of diversity can be applied to … Continue reading
Who I Am Not is a fascinating documentary chronicling the lives of two engaging, very different, black intersex people; South African ex-beauty queen Sharon-Rose, and unemployed fellow South African, Dimakatso, both of whom live in Johannesburg. Intersex people are people born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals … Continue reading
Generations of queer people from small villages and towns across the world have migrated to larger cities, looking for a more accepting community, more fun, better choice of partners and better career and cultural options. The same decision-making process, of course, applies to many straight people. But what if you’re queer and love … Continue reading
The UK’s excellent Queer East Film Festival kicks off again next week. The main festival runs from 18 – 30th April across eight venues in London before a nationwide tour from September to November across 10 cities. The exciting line-up combines contemporary feature films, documentaries, short films, virtual reality and dance productions. 50 … Continue reading
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