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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Abu : Father
In 2012 when his father passed newbie filmmaker Arshad Khan was working on putting together his first fiction feature, but having gone through a wealth of archival home videos in preparing for the memorial service, Khan slowly came to realize that he wanted, and needed instead to tell his own story of growing up gay…
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Naked Sportsmen clutching their balls
It’s that time of year again when ESPN persuades 23 top athletes and sportsmen to drop trou and bare all for their annual Body Issue. The front cover is of footballer Ezekiel Elliott, but you will also want to look out for the pic of openly gay British born-American Olympic Skier Gus Kenworthy who is…
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Never to late to say I’m Sorry
“I’m sorry I pushed you away when you needed a mom most” is the poignant line spoken in a riveting new series of P.S.A.’s in the UK which feature people apologizing for rejecting their LGBT family members. The campaign is part of Channel 4’s 50 Shades of Gay season, which marks the 50th anniversary of the partial…
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Paths
German filmmaker Chris Miera’s first feature film Paths that he produced, directed, co-wr0te and was even the director of photography, is a sublimely lyrical understated drama that is such a refreshing look at the way a relationship can unfold despite the fact that the love is not lost, but just misplaced. Economically shot in…
