OUTshine
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews 3670, a thought-provoking tale of a shy North Korean gay defector’s assimilation into Seoul’s vibrant queer life.
South Korea has a vibrant queer scene, particularly in buzzing Seoul. The mainstream society remains fairly conservative, though, and many queer people remain in the closet there. 3670, a new drama by director Joonho Park, explores this from the perspective of Kim Cheol-jun (You-hyun Cho), a handsome North Korean defector who escaped to South Korea…
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Brian J Smith talks about A HOUSE IS NOT A DISCO a love letter to queer life on Fire Island
Actor turned filmmaker Brian J Smith’s debut behind the camera is his love letter to Fire Island The place is evocative to so many queers around the world. The narrow ten square miles sand bar of 600 beach houses, a hundred co-ops, a beautiful beach, wooden boardwalks, no roads or cars, and…
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Queerguru’s Top Picks of MUST SEE MOVIES AT Miami Beach’s OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Fest
OUTrageous. OUTspoken. And OUTstanding is the theme for the Miami Edition of OUTshine. which runs from April 18 – 28, 2024. The festival started in 1998 an serves as a platform for numerous premiers and is the largest LGBTQ+ cultural arts event in South Florida. Its a hybrid festival with a diverse…
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My Hollywood Pride : the first Pride of the Year : together we are stronger against our anti-gay Governor
This weekend sees My Hollywood Pride (that’s Hollywood Florida not the star-studded city in California). Its the first Pride anywhere in the world each year, and they have chosen the theme “Pride Starts Here!” It takes an even more important status as the State’s rampantly homophobic Governor has slunk back home after…
