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Under Cover: A Secret History of Cross Dressers
The French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz has had a lifetime fascination with men and women who refuse to conform to the strictures of gender roles. In fact, his Teddy Award-winning Documentary Film in 2013 Bambi, a profile of French entertainer Marie-Pierre Pruvot is one of the best transgender films ever made. Lifshitz also made a film and a book called Les…
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Suitsupply : the Dutch fashion brand that dares to be different
When Dutch men’s fashion label Suitsupply unveiled its new advertising campaign featuring men embracing and kissing, it faced a social media backlash. NRC Handelsblad, a Dutch newspaper, reported on Wednesday evening that the company has lost more than 10,000 followers on its Instagram profile after the publication of the adverts. However, not everyone was…
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Aaron Jay Young explores his queer male body
L.A. photographer Aaron Jay Young has a whole diverse body of work that includes being the guy with the camera on the set of Ru Paul’s Drag Race TV Show to a portfolio of portraits and real estate photography. However, this latest project is highly personal as it is a series of self-portraits that sets out the male…
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Shadowlands: three separate love stories to get your juices flowing
It’s that time of year again when we start seeing the announcements from the first wave of 2018’s LGBTQ Film Festivals and with them comes a spectrum of new queer cinema to whet our appetites. These Festivals across the globe are not just a continuing celebration of our community but they give LGBT filmmakers a unique and…
