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'Two boys snogging was revolutionary': the greatest gay moments in cinema

'Two boys snogging was revolutionary': the greatest gay moments in cinema | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The handheld phantasmagoria of The Last of England Gus Van Sant, director of My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, To Die For, Milk Derek Jarman’s The Last of England is an amazing barrage of memories, obsessions, cataclysmic visions, where Derek plays a gay memoirist writing his thoughts down. A skinhead boy shoots up; light flares; dances and stomps. A Caravaggio, and beautiful Tilda Swinton valiantly defaces her ballgown and the visual

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Must-Watch Documentaries About LGBTQ History, Rights and Visibility

Must-Watch Documentaries About LGBTQ History, Rights and Visibility | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

While October marks LGBTQ History Month, these films can (and should) be watched any time.

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Book review of The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America by Eric Cervini

Frank Kameny spent a lifetime changing American attitudes, Eric Cervini writes.

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‘Making Gay History: Before Stonewall,’ play based on award-winning podcast, opening in New York

‘Making Gay History: Before Stonewall,’ play based on award-winning podcast, opening in New York | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Voices of early LGBTQ civil rights history are about to take center stage in Greenwich Village, just blocks from where the Stonewall Riots took place more than 50 year ago. “Making Gay History: Before Stonewall” -- a new play adapted from Eric Marcus’ “Making Gay History” books and podcast -- opens Friday at New York University’s Provincetown Playhouse for an eight-performance run.

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On Being Young, Gay and Addicted in the 1970s

On Being Young, Gay and Addicted in the 1970s | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

“The Light Years,” a memoir by the artist Chris Rush, evokes his troubled youth in a wealthy Catholic family in New Jersey and his search for acceptance in the mountains of the Southwest.

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Queercore: behind a documentary reliving the gay punk movement

Queercore: behind a documentary reliving the gay punk movement | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

As the origins of the radical subculture are explored in a new film director Yony Leyser and key figure Bruce LaBruce discuss its relevancy today

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Celebrate Pride Month With a Look Back at LGBTQ TV History

New shows like Pose and Star Trek: Discovery are breaking new ground on the small screen
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20 Gay Hollywood Legends

20 Gay Hollywood Legends | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The once hidden world of gay and bisexual actors in the movie industry's golden age
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Go back in LGBT Atlanta time with this exclusive 'zine

Go back in LGBT Atlanta time with this exclusive 'zine | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
One of the many intriguing screenings on tap at the 30th Annual Out On Film festival is “Three Decades of Queer Atlanta: The American Music Show,” happening Sunday, Oct. 7 at 1 p.m. at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema and curated by Matthew Terrell. Never heard of “The American Music Show”? Allow the organizers to …
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‘Classic Showbiz’ Tells the Fascinating Story of Forgotten Gay Comedy Pioneer Ray Bourbon

‘Classic Showbiz’ Tells the Fascinating Story of Forgotten Gay Comedy Pioneer Ray Bourbon | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff’s ambitious history of American comedy The Comedians is essential and invaluable in no small part because it does not profess to be authoritative or exhaustive. With a subject as vast and deep as American comedy, how could [...]
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Secret Photos of Gay Couples Hidden By History

Secret Photos of Gay Couples Hidden By History | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The book ‘Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s’ shines a tender light on hidden love.

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Cast unveiled for HBO Max's new 'Equal' series on LGBTQ history

Cast unveiled for HBO Max's new 'Equal' series on LGBTQ history | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A four-part series based on pivotal moments in queer history, including key events prior to the Stonewall Uprising, is coming to HBO Max in October...

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How World On Fire Spotlights Previously Untold Queer History

How World On Fire Spotlights Previously Untold Queer History | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

World on Fire's Webster and Albert redefine queer identity in wartime dramas.

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Why 'Before Stonewall' Was Such a Hard Movie to Make

Why 'Before Stonewall' Was Such a Hard Movie to Make | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Making a landmark documentary about LGBTQ Americans before 1969 meant digging through countless archives to find traces of a forgotten subculture.

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Midnight for New York’s 1960s Gay Community?

Midnight for New York’s 1960s Gay Community? | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A review of "Midnight at the Never Get," a play with a lot of history.

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Olivia Records’ Judy Dlugacz and Cris Williamson to Receive Americana Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive

Olivia Records’ Judy Dlugacz and Cris Williamson to Receive Americana Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Pioneering record label founders to be honored at the 17th Americana Honors & Awards, September 12 in Nashville, Tennessee - The Americana Music Association® names Judy Dlugacz and Cris Williamson, two of the Olivia Records founders, as recipients of the 2018 Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive. The honor will be presented to Judy and Cris at the 17th annual Americana Honors & Awards, which will take place Wednesday, September 12 at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium.

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How ‘217 Boxes’ Reveals John E. Fryer, the Man in the Mask Who Changed LGBT Rights Forever

How ‘217 Boxes’ Reveals John E. Fryer, the Man in the Mask Who Changed LGBT Rights Forever | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A new play explores the life and legacy of Dr. John E. Fryer, whose brave 1972 speech led to the American Psychiatric Association declassifying homosexuality as a mental disorder.

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The Gay Architects of Classic Rock

The Gay Architects of Classic Rock | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Who created that gorgeous 20th-century creature, the rock star? Consider the gay image makers of the day, from Brian Epstein to Jann Wenner.
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Queercore: A Dirty History of the LGBTQ Movement That Spits on Respectable Gays

Queercore: A Dirty History of the LGBTQ Movement That Spits on Respectable Gays | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Queercore was an offshoot of the punk rock scene that challenge societal stereotypes about LGBTQ people.... and now it's also a kickass documentary
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Andrew Scott to star in BBC's Gay Britannia season

Andrew Scott to star in BBC's Gay Britannia season | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Andrew Scott, Simon Callow and Sandi Toksvig are among the stars who will take part in a season of BBC programmes marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967.
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