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Gay USA
Beautifully restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in collaboration with Frameline and Outfest, Gay USA is the first American feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQ+ people. Director Arthur J. Bressan Jr. (best known for his gay drama Buddies) mobilized camera crews across the country to document the national Gay Freedom Day marches in June of Gay USA conveys the passion, anger, and defiant optimism of a community under attack (in that month of June alone: California's anti-gay Briggs Initiative had just been announced, Anita Bryant's vicious homophobia had helped repeal Miami's gay rights ordinance, and a gay dude named Robert Hillsborough had only days earlier been the victim of a fatal gay-bashing in San Francisco).
Bressan weaves in audio of some of those homophobic voices and gives an overview of historical homophobia, including an account of gays and the Holocaust — and then illustrates the triumphant power of adore and pride. In addition to the magnificent cross-section of footage from the marches in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chi
Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time
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Our list of the Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time stretches back 90 years to the pioneering German film, Mädchen in Uniform, which was subsequently banned by the Nazis, and crosses multiple continents, cultures, and genres. There are broad American comedies (The Birdcage), artful Korean crime dramas (The Handmaiden), groundbreaking indies (Tangerine), and landmark documentaries (Paris Is Burning). Over the last few years, we added titles like the documentary Welcome to Chechnya, about LGBTQ+ activists risking their lives for
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For the time period, it was progress. Very flawed and slow, but it was progress.Was Don&#;t Ask Don&#;t Inform a step toward leniency? I was an adult when that was implemented, and my perception was that while it sounded like progress on paper, it&#;s implementation led to a crack down on gays in the military.
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It makes sense for old Hollywood to tip-toe around LGBTQ content, given the repression of the period, but that&#;s more confounding in contemporary movies. I haven&#;t seen BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, but I get that it tries to rewrite Freddie Mercury&#;s life story, in the interest of not upsetting the
55 of the Best LGBTQ Films of All Time
'Bottoms' ()
If ever there was a Superbad for queer girls, Bottoms is it. The second film from director Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby) follows two uncool high school seniors (Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott) who start up a college fight club to try and hook up with their cheerleader crushes (Kaia Gerber and Havana Rose Liu).
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'Bound' ()
In the Wachowskis’ landmark erotic thriller predating the Matrix trilogy, butch ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) is the newly-hired handyperson at an apartment building when she meets her next-door neighbors: mobster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano) and kept girl Violet (Jennifer Tilly). As Corky and Violet strike up an affair, they hatch a prepare to flee Violet’s abusive relationship—and steal $2 million of Caesar’s mafia money along the way.
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'Circus of Books' ()
Southern Californians will likely recognize Circus of Books as the famed porn shop and dirty bookstore that has presided over the gayborhood of West Hollywood since the e