coming out
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Seventeen aka Siebzehn
This intriguing coming of age movie is set in Lanzenkirchen in Lower Austria, the home town of the writer/director Monja Art, so it is probably safe to say that some of the trials and tribulations of the teenagers involved in this story are drawn from her own life experiences. The problems that seem to vex this one…
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What’s The Big Deal?
This very cute short movie that Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras released late last week has gone viral, and when you watch it you will understand why. It depicts a sweet coming out tale that takes an age-old spin on sexuality by comparing it to minor preferences, such as barbecue sauce or ketchup. Now if they could…
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Not Your Average Joe
This new short film from actor turned writer/director Dennis Larkin is an LGBT ‘coming out story’ with a difference. 40 something-year-old Joe Jones dad of three kids, is separated from his wife who takes out some of her anger about their failed marriage by telling everyone that he is a ‘cocksucker’. However Joe is totally unsure…
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Coming Out
Unless you are gay or fit in somewhere along the queer spectrum you will never ever really be able to appreciate the traumas of coming out of the closet about your sexuality in this heteronormative world. There is simply no one way of doing this, and when young filmmaker Alden Peters decided it was…
