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The full title of Rosa von Praunheim’s 1971 manifesto is It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives. A young man moves to Berlin, samples gay subcultures (the art world, the leather world, the bar scene, the toilets, etc.) and finds them wanting. The narrator argues that gay […]… Continue reading LGBT Movies: It is Not the Homosexual… (1971) — The Avocado

The Set follows the coming of age of an Australian artist. He romances a nice woman and a cruel man. Both relationships are diluted by a sprawling screenplay filled with underwritten characters and subplots. The melodrama, camp and copious nudity give it the feel of a Valley of the Dolls style exploitation flick. But the… Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Set (1970) — The Avocado

William McNamara is engaged to a woman but hiding a terrible secret! His narcissistic WASP parents ignore the truth till it’s almost too late! I’d first dismissed the TV-movie Doing Time on Maple Drive as overripe camp. Then I read some testimonies from people who said it helped them come out. Re-visiting it in 2020 […]… Continue reading LGBT Movies: Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992) — The Avocado

A sullen teen falls for a closeted jock in a tropey tale of heartbreak. I saw Get Real in 1998 and disliked it. It shined a mirror on an ugly adolescence I was ready to escape. The critics saw something I missed and gave it positive reviews. I decided to give the movie another look […]… Continue reading LGBT Movies: Get Real (1998) — The Avocado

Can a homophobic film from 1957 look gay friendly in 2020? Sorta. In Germany’s The Third Sex a mother “rescues” her sensitive son from his gay best friend by setting him up with her maid. The parents treat homosexuals like monsters but the gay characters, with one exception, are sympathetic. This was intentional. The director, […]… Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Third Sex (1957) — The Avocado

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About 20 companies in Japan will start accepting “partnership certificates” in July for same-sex couples issued by a nongovernmental organization as a way of providing employees with spousal and familial benefits available to straight married couples, people familiar with the matter said Saturday. The certificates, to be created by Famiee Project, will be for use […]… Continue reading Japan companies to accept same-sex partnership certificates by NGO — Not For Meat Eaters

Finally, an LGBT coming of age comedy that feels completely genuine and made out of love. via The Half of It (2020) Review — Angie Aguayo

Ohio’s 2020 Primary Election was supposed to be on March 27th but due to the coronavirus, it had to be postponed. This prompted Ohio’s electoral process to go to an almost exclusively vote-by-mail system. Ohio voters requested a ballot to be mailed to them to fill out and return by April 28th. The results from […]… Continue reading Ohio’s 2020 Primary Election Provides Victories for LGBTQ Community — Instinct Magazine

Spoiler Warning I originally intended to write about the factual inaccuracies of Murphy’s Hollywood but decided against something so incredibly voluminous, it would undoubtedly be skimmed or ignored with at least one person repeating Murphy’s term for his work – “faction.” The series traces the making of a fictional film, Meg, which is to feature… Continue reading Ryan Murphy’s ‘Hollywood’ – A Beautiful Mess — Classic Blondes