Better Than Besties: Why Gay Holiday Films Matter (Published 2020)
This season’s movies with queer characters may be a largely chaste affair, but their comforting formulas also tell L.G.B.T.Q. viewers that they are seen.
Repost from | Author: Michelangelo Signorile | Originally posted February 8, 2013 Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin was a visionary and an openly gay man who dared to be out in the 1940s, 1950s, a…
Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Documentary Filmmaker Nancy Kates Discusses ‘Brother Outsider’ Which Chronicles The Legacy Of Bayard Rustin
Hello, and welcome to the Scene to Seen Podcast! I am Valerie Complex Associate editor and film writer at Deadline. On today’s episode, we’re talking to documentarian Nancy Kates, director of PBS d…
Dakan, 25 years after: the queer landmark that haunts African film
Causing uproar in Guinea 25 years ago, Dakan has been hailed as the first West African film to tackle homosexuality. Yet its director would never make another movie, and its legacy has been a warning for other filmmakers.
Exclusive Interview: trailblazing trans fa’afafine Sāmoan footballer Jaiyah Saelua on inspiring Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
FIFA legend Jaiyah Saelua caught the world’s attention as one of the subjects of Mike Brett and Steve Jamison’s 2014 feature documentary Next Goal Wins which celebrated the resilience a…
Why Maurice is Still a Resonant Text for the Queer Audience
I first saw the Merchant Ivory film Maurice in 1987, the year of its initial release. Having moved back to New York City to start college (my parents had fled the city in the 1970s for the beckonin…