39 posts tagged with LGBTQ by hippybear.
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Southern Poverty Law Center writes about Anti-LGBTQ+ Pseudoscience
GROUP DYNAMICS AND DIVISION OF LABOR WITHIN THE ANTI-LGBTQ+ PSEUDOSCIENCE NETWORK [SPLC.org] is a really really long article outlining the exact way networks of funding and people work to promote anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience, and discusses its ties to white supremacy and the religious right. It gets into specifics and details, but the greater picture it paints is one of coordinated efforts to move public opinion and accepted science against LGBTQ+ existence in society. [more inside]
Quentin Crisp, a life in film
It's hard to believe, perhaps even astonishing, that The Naked Civil Servant [1h17m] was shown on British television in 1975. John Hurt's brilliant portrayal of Quentin Crisp in an unflinching film about being nonbinary homosexual in Britain, based on Crisp's 1968 autobiography, propelled both men into immediate fame. Hurt revisited the role 34 years later in 2009 , after Crisp's 1999 death, for An Englishman In New York [1h14m], based on the broad sweep of Crisp's later life in America. [more inside]
Straight men do not deserve nice hair.
It's been a long difficult week. Do you need to laugh? Matteo Lane: Hair Plugs & Heartache [47m] is a stand-up set released last month. It's queer comedy with adult ideas and language. It's also, I think, very very funny.
The last century of LGBTQ+ history, two beams out of the prism
100 Years Of LGBT+ Music: From Ma Rainey To Lil Nas X [42m58s] comes from YouTube's AreTheyGay and, while it curiously skips over the 80s Europop gay invasion, draws a line from the early 1900s to today. Meanwhile, Kat Rowe has Terror And Vice: LA's Painful Gay History [35m], which covers the same time period, but has much more to do with the direct effect of the dominant culture on the queer underclass. [more inside]
The progress we've made and the fight we are still fighting
Rupert Everett's Shades Of Gay (2017) [46m] explores the changes in UK society after the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1967. Looking at the oppression of the past and the freedom of today and what has been gained and lost. Out In The Open (2013) [1h28m] begins with outdated myths and stereotypes about LGBTQ people, and moves through them using interviews and testimonials into encouragement, truth, light and joy. I wish I'd seen this when I was a bullied 14 year old.
Outlaw Queer Documentaries
Two very contrasting stories of queer persecution around the globe: Invisible Men (2012) [1h6m] looks at the lives of gay Palestinian men living illegally in Israel to avoid persecution from their families. Proud And Unafraid (2021) [28m] has four outspoken queer individuals speaking from Lagos, Nigeria about their experience with the outlawing of any public display of LGBTQ+ existence in public life.
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories Of The Dirty Computer
Let's get intersectional with the reviews of Janelle Monáe's new book of afrofuturist queer short stories, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories Of The Dirty Computer. NPR is pretty down the middle (as expected) [article with listen link]. But a work like this, we also have the lens of Ebony, which looks at race and afrofuturism and hope. D.C.'s Metro Weekly has a rainbow prism that brings forward LGBTQ+ themes. And WaPo headlines a half-hour interview with the author herself leading with Race, but there's more going on there.. Also, an article with highlights and transcripts of that interview. If you hurry, you might see her book tour. [more inside]
Lil Nas X is the boundary-smashing pop revolutionary of 2021
Lil Nas X is the boundary-smashing pop revolutionary of 2021 [NPR medium read] "Nas' creative output is fully on trend with today's renaissance in Black LGBT+ pop culture that includes everything from ball culture TV series Pose, risqué HBO teen melodrama Euphoria and the irreverent, sexually-frank, Black gay Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop."
Francesco Lepore likes to challenge the status quo.
"On a recent afternoon, over a lunch of arancine and cannoli in a Palermo apartment that he shares with his partner, Michele Nicolosi — an abundantly tattooed Italian post office employee with a similar beard, identical outfit and warm sense of humor — Mr. Lepore described a saga worthy of Stendhal." A Latin Expert’s Odyssey, From the Vatican to the Gay Rights Movement - Jason Horowitz, NYT Rome bureau chief. Archive link.
From a small town, Catholic, and gay
How a podcast is helping this Catholic and gay Latino man break the stigma [National Catholic Reporter] The podcast is De Pueblo, Católico y Gay Really great interview with creator Eder Díaz Santillan on KERA's Think: Is There Room For Queer People In The Catholic Church? [31m]
Pride month: Five stories from around the world
The BBC spoke to five members of the LGBT community from different countries about what Pride means to them where they are.
"The world is full of love, and you’re entitled to some of it"
Julien Baker’s Long Journey to Loving Pride
“I’m bummed that it took me so long to be able to sit in queer joy.” - Julien Baker in conversation with Slate's Outward podcast. Extracted quotes on episode page worthwhile. Full interview (which ranges much wider and deeper) with Baker happens in the podcast play-gizmo at the bottom of the page, starting at 14:43, ending at 40:49. [more inside]
The Overlooked Queer History of Medieval Christianity
"As historians, our role is not simply to regurgitate what was written, but to read between the lines. That’s the only way we’ll unearth the realities of subjects whose lives were either shielded by secrecy or erased, often on purpose, by the history that followed." - Roland Betancourt writing in Time Magazine.
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Teen Vogue Presents GLAAD's 20 Under 20 2021: The LGBTQ Youth Shaping the Future [Teen Vogue] Single page with photos and bios. Quite a group of young people!
First Time Pride Events 2021, Part Deux
A second very light sampling of communities holding Pride events for the first time this year: Aniwa, MI; Emporia, KS; Lincoln, NE; St Clair County, MI [photo essay]; Hamilton, OH; Isle Of Man
From The Current Events File
June 21, 2021 -- Carl Nassib Is The First Active NFL Player To Come Out As Gay [NPR] Page includes embedded Instagram video which is playable in-window, and has arrows that point to text. Congrats Carl! Thank you, and nothing but the best on this new chapter of your journey! [more inside]
From The Archives
There were no politicians or corporate sponsors when the first Pride parade rolled through San Francisco on June 25, 1972. Spirit Of 1972: Photos from the first S.F. Pride parade [San Francisco Chronicle]
ACT UP: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism
It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders breaks out of its usual form and talks to Sarah Schulman ACT UP: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism [50m]. Transcript sadly not available, but some quotes from the interview on the page. [more inside]
Message of hope, or the possibility of hope
From the Los Angeles Review Of Books comes a long read in three parts by Michael Nava: Creating A Literary Culture: A Short, Selective, and Incomplete History of LGBT Publishing. Part I - Out from the Shadows: Beginning, 1940–1980, Part II - The Golden Age (1980–1995), Part III - Picking Up the Pieces: Queer Publishing Now [more inside]
A Night at the Sweet Gum Head
In A Night at the Sweet Gum Head, journalist Martin Padgett tells Atlanta’s overlooked queer history during the disco decade [Atlanta Magazine] A Q&A with the author and an excerpt from the book [includes a guest appearance from Burt Reynolds]. But Atlanta has so much more inside. [more inside]
How Queer Comics Made Their Mark On History
“No Straight Lines” documents the history of queer comics and the early cartoonists who first published LGBTQA storylines. [News@Northeastern] No Straight Lines long trailer. (5m23s) No Straight Lines website. [more inside]
"A trans anthem, right now, is for a trans person to create"
On the following pages, we've compiled 37 songs that fit that description, written by trans artists. But it's important to note: We wouldn't exactly call them "trans anthems." After all, there's not a universal "trans" experience shared by all trans folks, and there are so many identities across the gender galaxy. All of the trans, genderqueer, nonbinary, two-spirit, and gender-nonconforming musicians listed here write about so much more than gender and adversity within their bodies of work. - The Advocate in 2014 archive link [more inside]
Zapped!
Zapping: The boisterous protest tactic that ignited early LGBTQ activism Designed to disrupt the status quo and gain support for gay rights, these theatrical tactics included everything from duck costumes to pie throwing. [National Geographic] Archive link. [more inside]
Variety’s Power of Pride 2021 List
Variety’s Power of Pride List is a celebration of community and of change makers, placing a rainbow-hued spotlight on LGBTQ+ entertainers who use their power to promote inclusion.
A moment of reflection
It Wasn’t Just Another Nightclub "Five years ago, I went to cover the Pulse shooting—and found myself unexpectedly close to the story." Ari Shapiro writing in The Atlantic. Alternate link. [more inside]
"The assumption is that queer history begins at the city gates.”
The total percentage of rural queer Americans mirrors the percentage of rural Americans overall: around 15-20% of queer Americans live in rural areas, while around 19% of total Americans live rurally. Rural Queer History: Hidden in Plain Sight from The Daily Yonder ["Keep It Rural"]. [more inside]
These Colors Don't Run
After HOA banned their Pride flag, couple got creative. Rainbow lights on a Florida bridge were abruptly turned off. Now, the Pride Month display is back on.. Written in stone: For East Greenwich students, Pride message can't be erased [more inside]
Put on your cha-cha heels and watch some good movies
"These 30 movies reflect elements of modern queer (LBGTQ) history—sometimes dramatized, sometimes documentary, and sometimes because the film itself made history." -The hyperbolically titled 30 of the Most Important Queer Movies Ever Made from Lifehacker. [more inside]
Entrapment, Discrimination, Censorship. But...
Buffalo News brings you The struggles of Buffalo’s gay community through the '70s But... [more inside]
Sweet Escape
Photographs of Fire Island’s Cherry Grove Show Its History as a Gay Sanctuary Vogue profiles photography exhibit Save/Haven, with 8 or 9 really delicious photos from the show.
2020 GLAAD Media Award Winners
Here Are All the Winners From the 2020 GLAAD Media Awards [Billboard link] Full list and links below the fold. [more inside]
The Hollywood Reporter Pride 2020
The 50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood: In its inaugural Pride Issue, The Hollywood Reporter honors the most powerful LGBTQ people in the industry who are making global culture more inclusive
Smithsonian Presents: Project Pride
Foregoing plans to launch Pride Month with live events across their network of museums, the Smithsonian presents Project Pride, a 2 hour video [YT link] which host Ari Shapiro introduces as a time capsule of LGBTQ Pride in 2020. Participants include Alex the Astronaut, Big Freedia, Bright Light Bright Light, Cameron Esposito, Courtney Barnett, Claud, Dorian Electra, Girl in Red, Indigo Girls, Jake Shears, Joy Oladokun, Kat Cunning, Madame Gandhi, mxmtoon, Nakhane, Pabllo Vittar, Pet Shop Boys, Roxane Gay, SOKO, Tig Notaro & Stephanie Allynne, VINCINT, and other guests. And the Smithsonian throws in their own historical context too. [more inside]
Bialystok, Poland has their first ever Pride, outnumbered 4:1
Ringed by riot police, around 1,000 pride marchers walked defiantly through the streets of the northeastern city of Bialystok as thousands of nationalist football "ultra" fans, far-right groups and others threw flash bombs, rocks and glass bottles. [It's the faces of the marchers in the top photo... determination and joy and so young...]
LoveLoud Music Festival
HBO recently released Believer [trailer], a documentary about Imagine Dragons' lead singer's journey of becoming a Mormon straight ally for the LGBTQ community. Yesterday (Sat, July 28) was the second annual LoveLoud music festival in Salt Lake City focussed on creating community and building self-worth in the LGBTQ Mormon (and outside) population. 8+ hours of quality music! [more inside]
It opens with an Iggy Pop cover
Hey, remember that time back in 1995 when Boy George put out a punk/glam rock album that was also full of beautiful pop songs and ballads? Cheapness And Beauty was a real thing! Full album [YT playlist, ~50m] Side A: Funtime [video], Satan's Butterfly Ball, Sad, God Don't Hold A Grudge, Genocide Peroxide, If I Could Fly [more inside]
Lucknow celebrates its first ever queer pride parade
Lucknow, India held its first ever LGBT pride parade on April 9, 2017. Times of India provides coverage and shares 40 pictures.
A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History
The National Park Service has published LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History in 32 chapters. Each page includes a .pdf link to a much longer exposition on the subject of the chapter. [more inside]
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