10 of the Sexit Gay Romantic Films You Can Watch Right Now

Contents:

• GAY PARTI & LGBTQ+ EVENTS
• ZURICH GAY SHOPS
• BT GAY HOTELS IN ZURICH: THE ULTIMATE GUI
• GAY SCENE ZURICH - ZURICH FOM
• THE 5 BEST ZURICH GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS ZURICH
• GAY ZURICH · CY GUI
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

GAY PARTI & LGBTQ+ EVENTS

20, 2014Stefan Hpt’s “The Circle” tak s name om an unrground journal and gay club Zurich the mid-20th century. Our entrance to this rner of history through the story of Ernst Ostertag and Röbi Rapp, which is told through documentary terviews wh this sweet, be-sweatered elrly uple and a nscient dramatizatn of their urtship the Swiss cy was a draw for gays at the time, partly bee homosexualy was not illegal there, and Mr. Ostertag, a gay teacher at a girls’ school, fds both a welg muny and the cutie-pie drag sger Mr.

The durable thread of their romance is traced through the strs of -workers’ spicns and the police crackdowns after a seri of murrs volvg gay sense of an visible world beg revealed is more potent than the film’s fairly standard portrayal of closeted life. The young teacher Ernst Ostertag falls head over heels love wh the transvte star Robi Rapp and fds himself torn between his bourgeois existence and his mment to homosexualy. Ernst be a member of the gay anizatn DER KREIS and liv through...

Ernst be a member of the gay anizatn DER KREIS and liv through the high pot and the eventual cle of the anizatn, which the whole of Europe... Photo: Ernst Ostertag (Matthias Hungerbuhler) and Robi Rapp (Sven Schelker) 'The Circle'While Swzerland has long been celebrated for s progrsive ntraly, that Zurich was once the cultural hub of ternatnal gay life is a fact that often go overlooked. Legal tolerance of homosexualy ma the German-speakg metropolis a homosexual haven at a time when persecutn was the norm.

ZURICH GAY SHOPS

The tri-lgual lerary journal, The Circle, was the eponymo publitn of an anizatn dited to the refement and celebratn of gay culture. It is also the foc of the official Swiss entry for the Bt Foreign Film tegory of the 87th Amy Awards, simply named The Circle (Der Kreis) the late-1950s, the docu-drama follows the buddg romance of two young men, Ernst Ostertag and Robi Rapp, agast the backdrop of gay Zurich at s zenh.

A strg of rentboy murrs provid police wh an exce to target the cy's gay muny, which then led to harassment, blackmail, and even an official register of homosexuals wh the untry. The scene below begs wh a recreatn of the btal police terrogatn of Ernst the morng after a raid on a Zurich gay bar. Currently s sixteenth year, the ftival featur dozens of documentari, featur, shorts and other gay cematic treasur, cludg an entire panel on all the gay elements of the mic petn are so many projects bbl many that would be impossible to celebrate then all, but to give you a sense of the ternatnal breadth of this gatherg, here are trailers and clips for a seven flicks beg screened at the Pk Apple Film Ftival Zurich this week.

L Invisibl: Director Sebastien Lifshz's documentary about French gays and lbians who lived out of the closet pre-Stonewall Europe is a mt-see, no matter where you live.

BT GAY HOTELS IN ZURICH: THE ULTIMATE GUI

Bwakaw: Beloved Filipo actor Eddie Garcia plays a sgle, agg gay man whose only pann is a stray dog, the tular Bwakaw, this feature om director Jun Robl Lan. The global panmic has ma this Valente's Day the perfect opportuny to curl up at home for an eveng wh a good gay movie and there's tons of optns.

As such, the pany has curated a list of the 10 Bt Gay Romantic Films -- pendg on who you are, may be jt the thg to get the juic flowg.

GAY SCENE ZURICH - ZURICH FOM

The lp clus plenty of romance, tear jerkers, German ps havg gay shower sex, and classic tal of nocent young n check out the full movie scriptns and curated clips of their selected "Netflix and Chill" favor at the webse.

A group of hot gay Black iends gather for a rnn and plenty of on-screen to watch: Amazon. Today, is an all-time classic for perfectly pturg the uncertati of first gay love a far different to watch: Amazon, Google Play.

THE 5 BEST ZURICH GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS ZURICH

Zurich Pneers In Zurich, the first human rights movements had already been fightg for the rights of LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and other spectms of sexualy) people sce the begng of the 20th century. The most important of the anizatns was based Zurich: “Der Kreis” “Der Kreis” (The Circle), as the first ever anizatn for gays and lbians, fluenced and spired the entire Wtern world between 1943 and 1967. After the anizatn was disband, some of the members found Club 68, which later evolved to the Swiss Organizatn of Homophil (SOH).

GAY ZURICH · CY GUI

In 2014, a movie was ma about the emotnally-charged history of the Swiss gay anizatns unr the tle of “Der Kreis” (The Circle). Sce 2007, homosexual upl have been able to officially register their partnership, and same-sex marriage was ma legal Swzerland 2022.

Var party labels changg lotns guarantee a lively ambiance – particularly popular are the events staged by the largt gay party anizer Angels.

Sce the year 2000 the "Warmer Mai" (Warm May), a cultural month, is held annually, focg on homosexual them the fields of art and culture. Swzerland’s bt LGBT clubsFd the bt gay and lbian nights out – wh the ultimate gui to Swzerland’s LGBT nightlife sceneThe LGBT party scene Swzerland offers somethg for everyone, om relaxed, mixed-queer shdigs to sweaty danceathons.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

For all their alpenhorn-apotheosizg and maret-margalisg tradnalism, the Swiss have for many s taken a world-leadg stance on gay and lbian rights. Same-sex relatns were crimalised here 1942, and on New Year’s Day 2007 a referendum ma Swzerland the first untry on Earth where gay civil unns were voted by the public, not jt parliament – and by a massive majory. Today Zurich, which happens to have a chic lbian mayor Core Mch, is very much Swzerland’s LGBT pal, as well as one of the world’s most gay-iendly ci, wh bars, f, snas and clubs addg up to dozens of gay venu.

The old town’s Barfüsser is nsired Europe’s olst gay hostelry and the annual Zurich Pri event now draws around 45, 000 pk party people. Tellg the story of the world’s first gay and lbian anisatn, a Zurich-based group, which formed the 1940s, this excellent docudrama has won plds and awards at film ftivals all over the world.

Welg to men, women, straights and other, L Garçons opened late 2013 the lively, multicultural area around Langstrasse – also the cy’s red-light district and no ls fun for that – and has been weled by younger gay guys particular as a long overdue rethkg of the Zurich LGBT waterg hole, plete wh glass-walled fumoir and ee wi-fi. Maly male A-gays both young and old flock to this smart, two-storey bar the heart of the old town for the jtly famo cktails (as everywhere this town they are far om cheap, but happy hour, currently between 5pm and 7pm, eas the punishment to your purse) and chilled chat, even if the tun hover at the chey end of the spectm. HeavenThe closure last year of club T&M marked the end of an era for a generatn of Zurich gays.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Steps om the Cranberry and the only full-time gay nightclub town, the iendly venue’s genero space and high-qualy sound system uld always be relied on to pull a crowd and brg the party. It’s the statn for several regular tourg party nights such as the joyoly mp Balkan Gay Night and the hip-hop twkft Boyakasha. HelnbarEvery Wednday, live mic bar Provreff, on the edge of Zurich Wt, is taken over by Helnbar, somewhere between a mixed alternative bar and an arty gay club night that wouldn’t look out of place Berl.

MännerzoneHeroilly unrenstcted, the Männerzone bar, next door to s leather and fetish shop, is a gay men’s space like Daddy ed to make, and draws a more mature crowd.

Lsanne43&10Outsi Zurich, Lsanne is the only Swiss cy to have a dited gay club, and the unabashedly mastream 43&10 ters to a young, hedonistic crowd every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Sundays ’s ee to get for gay night BarOpened 2011, the P-up Bar is that rart of LGBT thgs, a genuely mixed lbian and gay bar.

It’s also the newt scene succs story what has recent years bee Swzerland’s gay send cy. P-up regularly jos forc wh another lol gay lounge bar, GT’s, to put on dance parti unr the banner Lsanne LBiGay Ssns. The olst gay bar Geneva, Le Déclic is a rt of Roman lumns, plastic palm tre, fairy lights, animal prts and those horrid wavy mirrors om Ikea.

A young, alternative-ish clientele workg a Brooklyn via Berl vibe chat and chill a sual urban fé-lounge space that’s welg and stylish, one of the last central areas to rist the homogenisg hand of big-bucks gentrifitn. Cranberry • ZurichThis two-floor tablishment has been amongst Zurich's most popular gay bars for a uple of s, always by, always btlg.

Culled om a longlist of hundreds, movi nsired for the list promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema. And we regnize that some of the films the list will re-igne healthy bat that have been fixtur of discsn around LGBTQ+ films — straight actors playg gay characters, cis actors playg trans characters, and the historil domance of whe male perspectiv. For our most recent update to the list, we’ve add mastream edi Fire Island and Bros, thriller Knock at the Cab (featurg two pairs of hbands whose vatn is terpted by the potential apolypse), Disney feature Strange World (wh the stud’s first openly gay lead character), Blue Jean (a Brish drama set durg the Thatcher premiership), the extremely well-reviewed Girl Picture), France’s magil realist The Five Devils, and Cann 2023 buts Monster and Strange Way of Life.