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New Show "Lake Winfield" Dares to Tackle Queerness During the Era of Slavery in the Southern US

New Show "Lake Winfield" Dares to Tackle Queerness During the Era of Slavery in the Southern US | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

“We know what you must be thinking,” explains Jared Walker, creator of "Lake Winfield." “Please, not another slave narrative.” Bawn TV disagreed and took on "Lake Winfield," an ambitious, adventurous period piece set in 1860.

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A Gay Teen Romance, Sealed With A Peck: 'Love, Simon' : Monkey See

A Gay Teen Romance, Sealed With A Peck: 'Love, Simon' : Monkey See | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Come for the rom-com elements, familiar and dutiful though they are. Stay for the film's sensitive, specific and closely observed coming-out storyline, which feels new — and important.

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Oscar Wilde biopic by Everett hails 'Christ-like' gay icon

Oscar Wilde biopic by Everett hails 'Christ-like' gay icon | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Gay cinema pioneer Rupert Everett said his new biopic about legendary literary dandy Oscar Wilde captures him as a "Christ-like" figure who sacrificed himself for the future global LBGTQ rights movement. Everett penned, directed and starred in his years-long passion project about the flamboyant

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Gay Cruises Are Equal Parts Heaven and Hell

Gay Cruises Are Equal Parts Heaven and Hell | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The director of the documentary 'Dream Boat' explains the magic, drama, and disillusionment of a gay cruise.
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French Aids drama BPM shows Hollywood how to capture gay history

French Aids drama BPM shows Hollywood how to capture gay history | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The Oscar-buzzed film is refreshingly queer, filled with an authenticity that sanitised disappointments such as Dallas Buyers Club and Stonewall still fail to include
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With 'This Close,' Josh Feldman Puts Deaf, Gay Lives In The Spotlight

With 'This Close,' Josh Feldman Puts Deaf, Gay Lives In The Spotlight | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The actor and writer helps set a new milestone for intersectional representation on TV.
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Peter Travers: 'Love, Simon' Is 'John Hughes for Woke Audiences'

Peter Travers: 'Love, Simon' Is 'John Hughes for Woke Audiences' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Touching love story from TV's Greg Berlanti is moving, sensitive and a complete winner

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Oscar front-runner 'Fantastic Woman' tells an illuminating transgender story

Oscar front-runner 'Fantastic Woman' tells an illuminating transgender story | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The Spanish-language movie — nominated for the best-foreign-language film Academy Award — is a hypnotic, heart-rending meditation on grief and otherness, following a young transgender waitress named Marina (trans actress Daniela Vega) who attempts to pick up the pieces of her shattered life after the sudden death of her much older partner, Orlando (Francisco Reyes). But her mourning is hindered by Orlando's estranged family, who passive aggressively — then violently — try to bar her from his funeral because she's trans.

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‘Hesus’ wins in Seattle LGBT fest

‘Hesus’ wins in Seattle LGBT fest | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Victor Kaiba Villanueva’s “Patay na si Hesus” won best narrative feature/honorable mention at the recent Twist: Seattle Queer Film Festival.
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God's Own Country + Q&A

God's Own Country + Q&A | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A frustrated Yorkshire lad locks horns with a new Romanian migrant worker.

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