gay history
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My Wonderful West Berlin
Jochen Hick’s intriguing look back at gay life in Berlin up to the present day paints an affectionate portrait of Germany’s capital city, but at the same time, it doesn’t shy away from pointing out that sometimes it is not always perfect. After WW2 the city was literally in ruins and the focus of its…
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I Am Illegally Gay
Irish You Tuber Riyadh Khalaf shot to fame when two of his videos, “Mom Reads Son’s Grindr Messages” and “Gay Guy Calls Westboro Baptist Church,” went viral in the span of two weeks. He is also one of Ireland’s leading activists for LGBT rights, and this year he has been hosting a few documentaries to…
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Against The Law
There has been a wonderful plethora of LGBT films and TV programs to mark the 50th Anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in the U.K. that have yet to make their way across the Pond. One has, however, and has just opened in the US and is currently playing the LGBT Film Festival…
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Stanley Stellar : INTO THE LIGHT
The legendary Brooklyn-born photographer Stanley Stellar, who had been a contemporary of Robert Mapplethorpe, is about to publish a new magnificent epic book of his work that may be his finest yet. He has been chronicling the continual gay scene in N.Y. for the past 50 years, and INTO THE LIGHT is a fascinating…
