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Im Moshanty: Do You Love Me?
Queer filmmaker Tim Wolff’s delightful documentary of the larger-than-life singer/activist Moshanty is quite the wee gem. It is not only an affectionate tribute to one of Papua New Guinea’s most famous citizens, but an insightful glimpse into how she is treated as a transgender in this fiercely conservative Christian country. Before we even meet…
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Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change
The QUEER ECOJUSTICE PROJECT’s Website opens with a powerful and thought-provoking statement from Javier Armando Rivera-Rosales the former Director of Positive Images LGBTQ+ Youth Center during the 2017 fires in Santa Rosa, CA “People don’t see the connection between climate climate change and the treatment of queer and trans people We need to start…
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Black Hats are The New Black
You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the thoroughly entertaining award-winning Israeli award winning series The New Black , but it does help. Set in an upscale Yeshiva in Jerusalem, the story is about four young ‘shababnicks’. This we soon learn is a term for a young ultra-Orthodox person who leaves his or…
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Queerguru’s Curated Curios ……. and News 2/6
Nearly 200 German Actors Just Came Out in a Manifesto for Diversity Nearly 200 German actors have come out as LGBTQ+ in a manifesto published Friday, demanding greater diversity in film, TV, and theatre. The manifesto ends by urging the industry to “reflect society in all of its diversity,” and expresses solidarity with marginalized people,…
