Contents:
- MOVI - THE FATHERS PROJECT, IMAGG A WORLD WHOUT AIDS.
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
MOVI - THE FATHERS PROJECT, IMAGG A WORLD WHOUT AIDS.
Tellg the story of a young attorney who cis to rm his parents that he is both HIV-posive and gay, "An Early Frost" was creded wh phg AIDS to the public nscns at a time when stigma and prejudice ran high (so much so that the work lost $500, 000 revenue when sponsors yanked their advertisements).
While the film has historil limatns s portrayal of gay men and relatnships, "An Early Frost" still remas genuely thoughtful and thought-provokg. (Shilts himself was cricized for polil beliefs, cludg his stance on the "sexual promiscuy" of gay men, which many the LGBTI muny found homophobic.
Dpe a few crge-worthy scen (cludg Denzel Washgton's overtly manipulative homophobic rant), "Philalphia" was the film that got people to s up their chairs about AIDS, and that alone mak worth seeg. When a man wh HIV is fired by his law firm bee of his ndn, he hir a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willg advote for a wrongful dismissal su.
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
In the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists.