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'High & Low — John Galliano' explores the rise and fall of a controversial designer

'High & Low — John Galliano' explores the rise and fall of a controversial designer | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The new documentary “High & Low — John Galliano” covers all the complexities of the famous British designer, one of the most celebrated and controversial figures in the fashion industry.

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Devery Jacobs on Backspot, Elliot Page and queer Native representation

Devery Jacobs on Backspot, Elliot Page and queer Native representation | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Backspot star Devery Jacobs talks working with Evan Rachel Wood and Elliot Page while also addressing queer Native representation onscreen.

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Onir on BFI Flare Film 'Pine Cone' and LGBTQ Movies in India

Onir on BFI Flare Film 'Pine Cone' and LGBTQ Movies in India | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Onir, one of a handful of out and proud Indian filmmakers, is speaking about the current scenario for LGBTQ filmmakers in the country.

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‘I Wish You All the Best’ Review SXSW: A Love Story for Non-Binary Teens

‘I Wish You All the Best’ Review SXSW: A Love Story for Non-Binary Teens | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Premiering at SXSW, “I Wish You All the Best” is the coming-of-age story that queer teens have been waiting for.

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Watch the New 'Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All' Trailer

Watch the New 'Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All' Trailer | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The documentary 'Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All' will screen in U.S. theaters on April 10, see the new trailer.

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Missing the Gay Best Friend

Missing the Gay Best Friend | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

In film and on TV, he was a sign of cultural progress. Then he was a tired stereotype. Then he disappeared. So why do we want him back?

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Melissa Etheridge On Gender Discrimination In Her Early Career: 'My Queerness Protected Me'

Melissa Etheridge On Gender Discrimination In Her Early Career: 'My Queerness Protected Me' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Melissa Etheridge talks about gender discrimination in her career in a forward to the fourth annual Be The Change: Gender Equity In Music Report.

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When Black gay London came out

When Black gay London came out | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Jason Okundaye has used his knowledge of the capital’s Black queer spaces and community for good, celebrating them in a new book. Emma Loffhagen meets him for a tour of Brixton’s surreptitious sights

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‘I Don’t Understand You’ Review: SXSW Sends Gay Dads on Amanda Knox-Style Vacay

‘I Don’t Understand You’ Review: SXSW Sends Gay Dads on Amanda Knox-Style Vacay | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells bring gut-busting laughs to SXSW, with a screwball farce about American tourists on the worst trip to Italy ever—well, second-worst.

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Rosie Jones: The real reason I’m heckled has nothing to do with being gay or disabled

Rosie Jones: The real reason I’m heckled has nothing to do with being gay or disabled | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Aside from the online stampede of ableist spanners who descend on me every time I appear on television (yawn), I don’t really experience any barriers in comedy when it comes to my disability, writes comedian Rosie Jones – but I do for my gender...

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Five Films For Freedom: British Council celebrates a decade of LGBTQIA+ stories

Five Films For Freedom: British Council celebrates a decade of LGBTQIA+ stories | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Five Films For Freedom, the world’s widest-reaching LGBTQIA+ digital campaign, returns on March 13, bringing five new films from the Philippines, India, Spain, the UK and USA to audiences across the world. Over two weeks or until March 24, 2024, audiences worldwide are invited to dive into the world of LGBTQIA+ cinema from the comfort […]

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Interview: Armistead Maupin on ‘Mona of the Manor’

Interview: Armistead Maupin on ‘Mona of the Manor’ | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Some familiar San Franciscans turn up in the British countryside in “Mona of the Manor,” which the author vows is the 10th, and last, in the series: “That has a nice symmetry.”

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‘Dune: Part Two’ Rewrote Its Homophobic Source Material Into Queer Cinema

‘Dune: Part Two’ Rewrote Its Homophobic Source Material Into Queer Cinema | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

When Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune arrived in theaters in 2021, many fans were anticipating how their favorite sci-fi characters would be showcased on screen. However, because this would be the third on-screen rendition—after the 2000 Syfy miniseries and David Lynch’s 1984 film—of Frank Herbert’s iconic series, fans were also apprehensive. One of the major concerns from queer fans of the series was how Herbert’s work—

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Bob the Drag Queen Says 'Exhausting' Madonna Travel Is 'Worth It'

Bob the Drag Queen Says 'Exhausting' Madonna Travel Is 'Worth It' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

'RuPaul's Drag Race’ winner Bob the Drag Queen exclusively took Us Weekly inside a typical day in the life on Madonna's 'Celebration Tour'

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How Keith Haring's art transcended his untimely death

How Keith Haring's art transcended his untimely death | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Biographer Brad Gooch's "Radiant" reveals how much life and creativity artist Keith Haring packed into 31 years before he died of AIDS.

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'A Nice Indian Boy': Jonathan Groff & Karan Soni's Winning Gay Rom-Com

'A Nice Indian Boy': Jonathan Groff & Karan Soni's Winning Gay Rom-Com | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

After getting engaged to a white photographer raised by Indian parents, an Indian American doctor faces the challenge of introducing him to his traditional family.

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ALOK on Finding Gender Affirmation Through Fashion and Comedy

ALOK on Finding Gender Affirmation Through Fashion and Comedy | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

ALOK is a master of stand-up—and a firm believer in harnessing laughter to feel affirmed.

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EDM artists Gioli & Assia on being LGBTQ, dealing with prejudice, their chemistry with audiences, and staying true to themselves

EDM artists Gioli & Assia on being LGBTQ, dealing with prejudice, their chemistry with audiences, and staying true to themselves | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

EDM artists Gioli & Assia talk about touring the world, their chemistry with audiences, and how to react to countries that are prejudiced towards LGBTQ performers like them.

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Queering the canon

Queering the canon | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

During an interview, writer Toni Morrison said, “‘If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”

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Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda: Why LGBTQ Comics Can't Quit Netflix

Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda: Why LGBTQ Comics Can't Quit Netflix | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Hannah Gadsby returns to Netflix with Gender Agenda: Jes Tom, Chloe Petts, Asha Ward, DeAnne Smith, Mx. Dahlia Belle, Krishna Istha, and ALOK.

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High Tide Review: Marco Calvani's SXSW Premiere Is a Sexy Gay Romance

High Tide Review: Marco Calvani's SXSW Premiere Is a Sexy Gay Romance | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

SXSW Review: Marco Calvani's sexy and sad "High Tide" is part gay romance, part undocumented immigrant drama with plenty of first-filmmaker promise.

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‘Glitter & Doom’ Review: A Cute, Prosaic Indigo Girls Jukebox Musical

‘Glitter & Doom’ Review: A Cute, Prosaic Indigo Girls Jukebox Musical | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Tom Gustafson's queer pop-disco romance 'Glitter & Doom' imagines a circus performer and a singer-songwriter falling in love in Mexico City.

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Devery Jacobs and D.W. Waterson made the gritty, gay cheerleading movie we've been waiting for

Devery Jacobs and D.W. Waterson made the gritty, gay cheerleading movie we've been waiting for | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Their new film Backspot brings together an elite squad of queer talent to dive deep into the physical and mental stress of competitive cheerleading.

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"Sirens and Muses" review: Lesbian literature at its finest

"Sirens and Muses" review: Lesbian literature at its finest | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

One month ago, as I was searching for a new book to start, I came across “Sirens & Muses: A Novel” by Antonia Angress.

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Hannah Gadsby on New Netflix Special 'Gender Agenda'

Hannah Gadsby on New Netflix Special 'Gender Agenda' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Comedian Hannah Gadsby opens up to PEOPLE about helping genderqueer performers 'find their feet' in their new Netflix special 'Gender Agenda,' which features a lineup of seven genderqueer comics and is streaming now.

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