love story
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Great Freedom : one man’s story about being imprisoned in Germany for decades for being gay
Germany’s pernicious Paragraph 1675, was part of the German Criminal Code from 15 May 1871 to 10 March 1994. It made homosexual acts between males a crime, and in early revisions, the provision also criminalized bestiality as well as forms of prostitution and underage sexual abuse. All in all, around 140,000 men were convicted under the…
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I Carry You With Me : an epic ‘against all odds’ queer love story
There are probably very few of us that could have our love tested relentlessly over decades and survive. Unlike this epic-length romance between two gay Mexican men who had to deal with a seemingly never-ending onslaught of issues of culture, country, and laws but still have you gripping your seat in fear that it…
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Nowhere : a queer Colombian/American ill-fated love story
Kleenex alert for this queer Colombian/American touching movie of young love that gets tested to breaking point by the US Immigration authorities. This is story of two young gay Colombians, Adrian (Miguel González) and Sebastian (Juan Pablo Castiblanco) who landed themselves their first jobs after college in NY. The film starts with showing us…
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Supernova : one of the best ever sublime queer love stories
There are still far too few ‘mainstream’ LGBT movies being made even nowadays. This year only Uncle Frank by Academy Award Winner Alan Ball has surfaced so far. As good as it was, it still leaves a very big gap. Whilst indie queer cinema that fill the LGBTQ Film Festival circuit is live and…
