Vo Remembered: Gay Activist and Hero Vo Rso - "Why We Fight"

Contents:

• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO
• THE RSO BROTHERS SAY A CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTER IS SECRETLY GAY
• LATT CSVO RSO2020 / 40 STORIAIDS QUILTVO RSO WAS A GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST, A FILM HISTORIAN AND AN THOR BT KNOWN FOR HIS BOOK, “THE CELLULOID CLOSET,” A GROUNDBREAKG CHRONICLE OF GAYS AND LBIANS FILM.A NEW YORK CY NATIVE, RSO GREW UP EAST HARLEM. AS A YOUNG BOY, HE WOULD SNEAK TO MANHATTAN TO GO TO THE MOVI. FROM AN EARLY AGE, RSO KNEW HE WAS “DIFFERENT.” A REMEMBERS HIM ALWAYS TALKG ABOUT ROCK HUDSON RATHER THAN AVA GARDNER. AFTER GRADUATG OM NEW YORK UNIVERSY, RSO JOED THE GAY ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE. IN THE EARLY 1970S, HE STARTED REARCH FOR “THE CELLULOID CLOSET” (1981), WHICH ENTAILED WATCHG HUNDREDS OF FILMS THAT CLUD GAY NTENT AND STEREOTYP. WHAT ORIGATED AS A LECTURE WH FILM CLIPS BEME ONE OF THE MOST RMATIVE BOOKS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE AND POP CULTURE. DIAGNOSED WH HIV 1985, RSO WAS A EQUENT PROTTOR WH ACT UP. IN 1986, RSO LOST HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, JEFEY SEVCIK, TO AIDS. OUTRAGED BY THE MEDIA’S AQUATE AND ACCURATE VERAGE OF THE PANMIC, RSO FOUND GLAAD, AN ANIZATN THAT MONORS LGBT REPRENTATN THE MEDIA. IN HIS MEMORY, GLAAD CREATED THE VO RSO MEDIA AWARD TO REGNIZE OUT LGBT MEDIA PROFSNALS WHO HAVE MA A SIGNIFINT DIFFERENCE PROMOTG EQUALY.RSO APPEARED THE 1989 AMY AWARD-WNG DOCUMENTARY, “COMMON THREADS: STORI OM THE QUILT,” ABOUT THE LIFE AND ATH OF SEVCIK AND THE QUILT RSO MA FOR HIM. A YEAR LATER, RSO DIED OM AIDS-RELATED PLITNS.  IN 1996, “THE CELLULOID CLOSET” WAS MA TO A DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS -PRODUCED AND NARRATED BY LILY TOML. IN 2012, “VO,” A FILM ABOUT RSO’S LIFE, PREMIERED ON HBO.“YOU N’T PLEAD TOLERANCE FOR GAYS BY SAYG THAT THEY’RE JT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. TOLERANCE IS SOMETHG WE SHOULD EXTEND TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.” – VO RSORELATED LKS• MAKG HISTORY GAY• WHY WE FIGHT• REMEMBERG VO, 25 YEARS LATER• POZ - VO RSO‍40 YEARS OF STORIWE SHARE THE IMPORTANT STORY OF AIDS --THE FEAR, STIGMA AND DISCRIMATN. WE SHARE THE STORI OF HOPE, URAGE, PASSN, AND LOVE.  AND, WE BRG TO LIGHT THE HARSH REALY THAT FOUR S LATER, THERE IS NO CURE AND THE RAT OF FECTN ARE ON THE RISE, PARTICULARLY MUNI OF LOR.VIEW STORIESLATT PROJECTS
• MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
• JOE RSO DISCS THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS GAY CAMEO IN ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’
• THE RSOS SAY A CURRENT MCU CHARACTER IS CANONILLY GAY, BUT WHAT DO THAT REALLY MEAN?
• PEDIR ASILO POR SER GAY EN UNO LOS PAíS MáS HOMóFOBOSHOMBR PROCENT ÁI Y LOS ESTADOS áRAB HUYEN LA PERSECUCIóN POR SU ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL Y PIN PROTECCIóN EN RIA PARA TENTAR ALNZAR LA UE, CANADá O EE UU. EL PAíS L ESTE Tá NSIRADO UNO LOS PAíS MENOS SEGUROS EUROPA PARA LAS PERSONAS LGTBIEL NIGERIANO MICHAEL, GAY 36 AñOS, EN UN PISO MOSCú, DON HA SOLICADO ASILO POR SU ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL.M. R. SAHUQUILLOMARíA R. SAHUQUILLOMOSCú - 14 ENE 2019 - 12:28 CETWHATSAPPFACEBOOKTWTERLKEDCOPIAR ENLACECOMENTARSERA NOCHE CERRADA CUANDO SE PRENTARON EN SU SA. CON PALOS Y A GROS. BCáNDOLE. LE SARON LA MA A PUñETAZOS. ERAN C. TODOS VARON. CLAMARON QUE IBAN A POR EL “PUTO MARICóN”. NADIE SU FAIA, EN LA CIUDAD NIGERIANA KIRI KASAMA, SABíA HASTA E MOMENTO QUE MICHAEL GAY. EN NIGERIA, LAS RELACN HOMOSEXUAL SON UN LO QUE SE PAGA N HASTA 14 AñOS CáRCEL O CLO N LA PENA MUERTE EN DOS S ESTADOS. Y AMáS, LAS PERSONAS GAIS, LBIANAS, BISEXUAL Y TRANSEXUAL SUEN EL RECHAZO, LA DISCRIMACIóN Y LA VLENCIA.MICHAEL, 36 AñOS, LOGRó PAR L PISO EN EL QUE VIVíA N S PADR Y S DOS HERMANOS. CON EL MIEDO EN EL CUERPO, SE NDIó DURANTE HORAS. “CUANDO VOLVí AL DíA SIGUIENTE, MI PADRE ME DIJO QUE NO PODíA ENTRAR. QUE ME MATARíA”, SE LAMENTA EL HOMBRE, ATáNDOSE EL BELLO BAJO EL GORRO LANA. DE KIRI KASAMA (UNOS 250.000 HABANT) VIAJó A LAGOS, DON UN NTACTO LE ASORó Y LE AYUDó A PRAR UN BILLETE PARA SALIR L PAíS. IRíA A RIA DON, GRACIAS AL MUNDIAL FúTBOL, PODíA ENTRAR S VISADO Y SOLO N EL LLAMADO ID FAN (UN DOCUMENTO INTIDAD REQUERIDO POR LAS TORIDAS SAS PARA ASISTIR A LOS PARTIDOS FúTBOL), N EL QUE MUCHOS AFICNADOS ACUDIERON AL PAíS ROASIáTI A LOS PARTIDOS EL PASADO JUL.MáS RMACIóNMISHA TUMASOV: “EN RIA AHORA Tá MODA SER HOMóFOBO”EDORIAL: RILIENCIA LGTBIESTRASBURGO NNA A RIA POR SU LEY NTRA LA “PROPAGANDA HOMOSEXUAL”RIA HA CLARADO ILEGAL PARTIR TA IMAGEN PUT MAQUILLADOLA PERSECUCIóN GAIS EN CHECHENIA Y LA EXPANSIóN LA CULTURA MACHISTA MOSCúDICE QUE CUANDO Pó NIGERIA NO SABíA QUE TABA HUYENDO HACIA UNO LOS PAíS MáS HOMóFOBOS. RIA Tá EN EL TOP 5 LOS LUGAR MENOS SEGUROS EUROPA PARA LAS PERSONAS LGTBI, SEGúN EL íNDICE LA ONG PECIALIZADA ILGA; NO CRIMALIZA LEGALMENTE LAS RELACN ENTRE PERSONAS L MISMO SEXO, PERO Sí SON UN ENORME TABú SOCIAL. Y LAS ANIZACN FENSORAS LOS RECHOS CIVIL NUNCIAN ATAQU Y PERSECUCIóN. “PERO CUANDO TIEN QUE ELEGIR ENTRE LA CáRCEL Y LA MUERTE O LA DISCRIMACIóN… G LO SEGUNDO”, AFIRMA TAJANTE MICHAEL. HA PEDIDO ASILO EN RIA POR SU ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL , UN PUNTO QUE SE REGE EN LAS NVENCN SOBRE REFUGIADOS LA ONU.COMO éL, AL MENOS UNA TRETENA HOMBR PROCENT PAíS ÁI O ESTADOS áRAB DON LA HOMOSEXUALIDAD UN LO —SE CRIMALIZA EN AL MENOS 72 PAíS TODAVíA— HA SOLICADO ASILO EN EL GIGANTE ROASIáTI. "PENSABA QUE RIA ERA O OTRO PAíS ROPEO. EN MUCHOS PUES SER Tú MISMO ABIERTAMENTE O CLO SARTE", APUNTA EL NIGERIANO MICHAEL (QUE ELIGE AR E NOMBRE POR RAZON SEGURIDAD). PERO N LAS PUERTAS LA UE SI CERRADAS TRAS LA CRISIS MIGRATORIA 2015, QUIEN HUYEN BN OTRAS OPCN. Y EN SU SO O EL L MENéS STEFAN —QUE LLEGó EN LAS MISMAS CIRCUNSTANCIAS EL PASADO JUL— SURGIó LA OPCIóN RIA. NO HAY UN REGISTRO OFICIAL QUE LO PUTE, PERO LAS ANIZACN PECIALIZADAS APUNTAN QUE ALGUNOS ENTRARON, O ELLOS, N UNA ID FAN. OTROS, N VISADOS TUDIANTE O TURISTA.“PENSABA QUE RIA ERA O OTRO PAíS ROPEO. EN MUCHOS PUES SER Tú MISMO ABIERTAMENTE O CLO SARTE”, DICE MICHAELLAS TORIDAS SAS NO HAN ACEPTADO NGUNA LAS PETICN POR RAZON ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL, AFIRMA ANTON RYZHOV, ABOGADO LA ONG STIMUL (PECIALIZADA EN ASISTENCIA LEGAL A PERSONAS LGTBI), QUE TIENE VARS RECURSOS ABIERTOS. TAMBIéN HA ICIADO DISTTOS PROCEDIMIENTOS NTRA LA ADMISTRACIóN POR EXIGIR “EVINCIAS” LA ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL LOS SOLICANT ASILO. RIA NO EL úNI PAíS QUE PI A LOS MANDANT PROTECCIóN TALL SOBRE SU VIDA SEXUAL O S RELACN AFECTIVAS, O PEBA SU ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL (ALGO QUE EL CONSEJO EUROPA NSIRA ILEGAL). STIMUL, FUNDADA EN 2015, LLEVA EN LA PAL SA AL MENOS NUEVE SOS SIAR AL MICHAEL CAMERúN, AFGANISTáN, PALTA O SUDáN.SE SUMAN A OTROS MáS NUMEROSOS PERSONAS —EN SU MENSA MAYORíA, HOMBR— QUE HUYERON A GRANS CIUDAS SAS, O MOSCú O SAN PETERSBURGO, S ESTADOS POSTSOVIéTIS O UZBEKISTáN, DON LA HOMOSEXUALIDAD SE STIGA N HASTA TR AñOS PRISIóN. O S CHECHENIA, DON ANIZACN TERNACNAL NUNCIAN SOS ASATOS, ENRCELAMIENTOS Y BTAL TORTURAS PERSONAS LGTBI. EL GOBIERNO CHECHENIA, EN MANOS RAMZAN KADYROV, LEAL ALIADO L PRINTE SO VLADíMIR PUT, HA NEGADO CUALQUIER ATAQUE ALEGANDO QUE EN E ESTADO “NO EXISTEN HOMOSEXUAL".PENA MUERTEPENA S 14 AñOS A NA PERPETUAPENA HASTA 14 AñOSLEY MORALIDADMATRIMONOTRO TIPO UNNADOPCNLEY SOBRE ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL EN DA PAíS
• PRIDE – VO REMEMBERED: GAY ACTIVIST AND HERO VO RSO – “WHY WE FIGHT”

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO

While nothg has been nfirmed by Disney or Marvel Studs, the mor has that Chloe Zhoe’s upg MCU entry “The Eternals” will feature an openly gay superhero. “We wanted to be sual, wh the fact that the character is gay tied to the fabric of the storytellg and reprentg what everyday life is, ” Joe Rso said.

(watch the vio) chronicl the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn stud Palm Drive Vio, and explor how a voted uple helped battle a vastatg health crisis by promotg kky sex. Kev Feige wh Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Srlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo (Cred: Willy Sanjuan/Invisn/AP)Avengers: Endgame directors the Rso brothers have revealed that Marvel Studs will soon reveal that one of the current MCU characters is secretly gay.

Dpe some sexual tensn between Mark Ruffalo's Bce Banner and Srlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff (and Steve Rogers pg over Peggy Carter) the Avengers films are largely sexls 's perhaps no great surprise that if one of them is gay, 's not really figured the overall story more: Eight new Marvel movi datedHowever, that's soon to change. Speakg to Entertament Weekly's EW Morng Live, director Joe Rso was discsg his meo Avengers: appears the scene which Steve Rogers is – for reasons entirely unexplaed – sudnly employed a group therapist to a bunch of 's the guy who speaks about losg his partner, but has sce been on a date, though 's one that volved cryg a he's gay is – pleasgly – not picked up on the slightt, and the terview wh EW, Rso explas that this guy is the first 'openly gay' character the seri (though that's pretty shabby self, nsirg the st of thoands over 22 movi). Read more: What Endgame’s endg means for the MCU’s future“There is a gay character g up one of their films, and I thk Kev [Feige, MCU boss] will make that announcement, I’m sure pretty soon.

THE RSO BROTHERS SAY A CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTER IS SECRETLY GAY

”Ined, Feige has said there will be openly gay characters bluntly by The Playlist if some LGBT characters were on the way, he said bluntly 'Y', and then when asked if was someone we've already seen, he add 'both'. Vo Rso was a gay rights activist, a film historian and an thor bt known for his book, “The Celluloid Closet, ” a groundbreakg chronicle of gays and lbians film.

In the early 1970s, he started rearch for “The Celluloid Closet” (1981), which entailed watchg hundreds of films that clud gay ntent and stereotyp. Episo NotFrom Eric Marc: The late thor and activist Vo Rso is bt known for his 1981 landmark book, The Celluloid Closet: Homosexualy the Movi, and for -foundg both GLAAD (origally known as the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn), and ACT UP (the AIDS Coaln to Unleash Power) my terview wh Vo, you’ll hear him trace the start of his activism to a ndlelight vigil outsi St.

LATT CSVO RSO2020 / 40 STORIAIDS QUILTVO RSO WAS A GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST, A FILM HISTORIAN AND AN THOR BT KNOWN FOR HIS BOOK, “THE CELLULOID CLOSET,” A GROUNDBREAKG CHRONICLE OF GAYS AND LBIANS FILM.A NEW YORK CY NATIVE, RSO GREW UP EAST HARLEM. AS A YOUNG BOY, HE WOULD SNEAK TO MANHATTAN TO GO TO THE MOVI. FROM AN EARLY AGE, RSO KNEW HE WAS “DIFFERENT.” A REMEMBERS HIM ALWAYS TALKG ABOUT ROCK HUDSON RATHER THAN AVA GARDNER. AFTER GRADUATG OM NEW YORK UNIVERSY, RSO JOED THE GAY ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE. IN THE EARLY 1970S, HE STARTED REARCH FOR “THE CELLULOID CLOSET” (1981), WHICH ENTAILED WATCHG HUNDREDS OF FILMS THAT CLUD GAY NTENT AND STEREOTYP. WHAT ORIGATED AS A LECTURE WH FILM CLIPS BEME ONE OF THE MOST RMATIVE BOOKS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE AND POP CULTURE. DIAGNOSED WH HIV 1985, RSO WAS A EQUENT PROTTOR WH ACT UP. IN 1986, RSO LOST HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, JEFEY SEVCIK, TO AIDS. OUTRAGED BY THE MEDIA’S AQUATE AND ACCURATE VERAGE OF THE PANMIC, RSO FOUND GLAAD, AN ANIZATN THAT MONORS LGBT REPRENTATN THE MEDIA. IN HIS MEMORY, GLAAD CREATED THE VO RSO MEDIA AWARD TO REGNIZE OUT LGBT MEDIA PROFSNALS WHO HAVE MA A SIGNIFINT DIFFERENCE PROMOTG EQUALY.RSO APPEARED THE 1989 AMY AWARD-WNG DOCUMENTARY, “COMMON THREADS: STORI OM THE QUILT,” ABOUT THE LIFE AND ATH OF SEVCIK AND THE QUILT RSO MA FOR HIM. A YEAR LATER, RSO DIED OM AIDS-RELATED PLITNS.  IN 1996, “THE CELLULOID CLOSET” WAS MA TO A DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS -PRODUCED AND NARRATED BY LILY TOML. IN 2012, “VO,” A FILM ABOUT RSO’S LIFE, PREMIERED ON HBO.“YOU N’T PLEAD TOLERANCE FOR GAYS BY SAYG THAT THEY’RE JT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. TOLERANCE IS SOMETHG WE SHOULD EXTEND TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.” – VO RSORELATED LKS• MAKG HISTORY GAY• WHY WE FIGHT• REMEMBERG VO, 25 YEARS LATER• POZ - VO RSO‍40 YEARS OF STORIWE SHARE THE IMPORTANT STORY OF AIDS --THE FEAR, STIGMA AND DISCRIMATN. WE SHARE THE STORI OF HOPE, URAGE, PASSN, AND LOVE.  AND, WE BRG TO LIGHT THE HARSH REALY THAT FOUR S LATER, THERE IS NO CURE AND THE RAT OF FECTN ARE ON THE RISE, PARTICULARLY MUNI OF LOR.VIEW STORIESLATT PROJECTS

Vcent’s Hospal for Diego Val, who was arrted on March 8, 1970, a police raid of the Snake P bar ( his Makg Gay History terview, Vo mistakenly dat the raid to July 1969). Vo read a flyer that was beg hand out at the vigil and that led him to jo the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Rso the late 1960s. A profsor of me—she knew that I was gay, but we never spoke about — said to me, ‘I’m warng you, if you ph this thg some day they’ll shoot you the streets.

A month before his ath, I met wh Vo to choose photographs to go along wh his chapter the origal 1992 edn of Makg Gay History.

MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST

One of the photos he chose, which you’ll fd below, shows Vo wh Bette Midler at the June 24, 1973 Gay Pri rally Washgton Square Park New York Cy’s Greenwich Village, which followed the fourth annual Gay Pri para.

JOE RSO DISCS THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS GAY CAMEO IN ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’

Michael Schiavi’s thorough and engagg bgraphy of Vo, Celluloid Activist: The Life and Tim of Vo Rso, was published 2011 by the Universy of Wisns Rso’s oral history n be found Eric Marc’s book Makg Gay History. Jefey also piled hours of outtak om the documentary on a range of topics and featurg terviews wh several different people, which you n fd Rso is also creded as a wrer for the 1995 documentary The Celluloid Closet, which is based on his book and learn more about the pictn of male homosexualy  the silent and “pre-” eras of film the U.

THE RSOS SAY A CURRENT MCU CHARACTER IS CANONILLY GAY, BUT WHAT DO THAT REALLY MEAN?

Cred: Lee New York Tim published Vo Rso’s obuary, which Vo was scribed as a film historian, cric, and advote for gay honor of Vo Rso’s work, GLAAD named the “Vo Rso Tt” after him.

The llectn clus rrponnce, journals, photographs, extensive rourc om his “Celluloid Closet” lectur, as well as var “gay and lbian ephemera. ”In his Makg Gay History terview, Vo referenc a 1919 film lled Different om the Others, which was -wrten by Magn Hirschfeld.

———Episo TranscriptEric Marc Narratn: I’m Eric Marc and this is the season fale Makg Gay after I signed a ntract to wre my book Makg Gay History, I ma a list.

PEDIR ASILO POR SER GAY EN UNO LOS PAíS MáS HOMóFOBOSHOMBR PROCENT ÁI Y LOS ESTADOS áRAB HUYEN LA PERSECUCIóN POR SU ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL Y PIN PROTECCIóN EN RIA PARA TENTAR ALNZAR LA UE, CANADá O EE UU. EL PAíS L ESTE Tá NSIRADO UNO LOS PAíS MENOS SEGUROS EUROPA PARA LAS PERSONAS LGTBIEL NIGERIANO MICHAEL, GAY 36 AñOS, EN UN PISO MOSCú, DON HA SOLICADO ASILO POR SU ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL.M. R. SAHUQUILLOMARíA R. SAHUQUILLOMOSCú - 14 ENE 2019 - 12:28 CETWHATSAPPFACEBOOKTWTERLKEDCOPIAR ENLACECOMENTARSERA NOCHE CERRADA CUANDO SE PRENTARON EN SU SA. CON PALOS Y A GROS. BCáNDOLE. LE SARON LA MA A PUñETAZOS. ERAN C. TODOS VARON. CLAMARON QUE IBAN A POR EL “PUTO MARICóN”. NADIE SU FAIA, EN LA CIUDAD NIGERIANA KIRI KASAMA, SABíA HASTA E MOMENTO QUE MICHAEL GAY. EN NIGERIA, LAS RELACN HOMOSEXUAL SON UN LO QUE SE PAGA N HASTA 14 AñOS CáRCEL O CLO N LA PENA MUERTE EN DOS S ESTADOS. Y AMáS, LAS PERSONAS GAIS, LBIANAS, BISEXUAL Y TRANSEXUAL SUEN EL RECHAZO, LA DISCRIMACIóN Y LA VLENCIA.MICHAEL, 36 AñOS, LOGRó PAR L PISO EN EL QUE VIVíA N S PADR Y S DOS HERMANOS. CON EL MIEDO EN EL CUERPO, SE NDIó DURANTE HORAS. “CUANDO VOLVí AL DíA SIGUIENTE, MI PADRE ME DIJO QUE NO PODíA ENTRAR. QUE ME MATARíA”, SE LAMENTA EL HOMBRE, ATáNDOSE EL BELLO BAJO EL GORRO LANA. DE KIRI KASAMA (UNOS 250.000 HABANT) VIAJó A LAGOS, DON UN NTACTO LE ASORó Y LE AYUDó A PRAR UN BILLETE PARA SALIR L PAíS. IRíA A RIA DON, GRACIAS AL MUNDIAL FúTBOL, PODíA ENTRAR S VISADO Y SOLO N EL LLAMADO ID FAN (UN DOCUMENTO INTIDAD REQUERIDO POR LAS TORIDAS SAS PARA ASISTIR A LOS PARTIDOS FúTBOL), N EL QUE MUCHOS AFICNADOS ACUDIERON AL PAíS ROASIáTI A LOS PARTIDOS EL PASADO JUL.MáS RMACIóNMISHA TUMASOV: “EN RIA AHORA Tá MODA SER HOMóFOBO”EDORIAL: RILIENCIA LGTBIESTRASBURGO NNA A RIA POR SU LEY NTRA LA “PROPAGANDA HOMOSEXUAL”RIA HA CLARADO ILEGAL PARTIR TA IMAGEN PUT MAQUILLADOLA PERSECUCIóN GAIS EN CHECHENIA Y LA EXPANSIóN LA CULTURA MACHISTA MOSCúDICE QUE CUANDO Pó NIGERIA NO SABíA QUE TABA HUYENDO HACIA UNO LOS PAíS MáS HOMóFOBOS. RIA Tá EN EL TOP 5 LOS LUGAR MENOS SEGUROS EUROPA PARA LAS PERSONAS LGTBI, SEGúN EL íNDICE LA ONG PECIALIZADA ILGA; NO CRIMALIZA LEGALMENTE LAS RELACN ENTRE PERSONAS L MISMO SEXO, PERO Sí SON UN ENORME TABú SOCIAL. Y LAS ANIZACN FENSORAS LOS RECHOS CIVIL NUNCIAN ATAQU Y PERSECUCIóN. “PERO CUANDO TIEN QUE ELEGIR ENTRE LA CáRCEL Y LA MUERTE O LA DISCRIMACIóN… G LO SEGUNDO”, AFIRMA TAJANTE MICHAEL. HA PEDIDO ASILO EN RIA POR SU ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL , UN PUNTO QUE SE REGE EN LAS NVENCN SOBRE REFUGIADOS LA ONU.COMO éL, AL MENOS UNA TRETENA HOMBR PROCENT PAíS ÁI O ESTADOS áRAB DON LA HOMOSEXUALIDAD UN LO —SE CRIMALIZA EN AL MENOS 72 PAíS TODAVíA— HA SOLICADO ASILO EN EL GIGANTE ROASIáTI. "PENSABA QUE RIA ERA O OTRO PAíS ROPEO. EN MUCHOS PUES SER Tú MISMO ABIERTAMENTE O CLO SARTE", APUNTA EL NIGERIANO MICHAEL (QUE ELIGE AR E NOMBRE POR RAZON SEGURIDAD). PERO N LAS PUERTAS LA UE SI CERRADAS TRAS LA CRISIS MIGRATORIA 2015, QUIEN HUYEN BN OTRAS OPCN. Y EN SU SO O EL L MENéS STEFAN —QUE LLEGó EN LAS MISMAS CIRCUNSTANCIAS EL PASADO JUL— SURGIó LA OPCIóN RIA. NO HAY UN REGISTRO OFICIAL QUE LO PUTE, PERO LAS ANIZACN PECIALIZADAS APUNTAN QUE ALGUNOS ENTRARON, O ELLOS, N UNA ID FAN. OTROS, N VISADOS TUDIANTE O TURISTA.“PENSABA QUE RIA ERA O OTRO PAíS ROPEO. EN MUCHOS PUES SER Tú MISMO ABIERTAMENTE O CLO SARTE”, DICE MICHAELLAS TORIDAS SAS NO HAN ACEPTADO NGUNA LAS PETICN POR RAZON ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL, AFIRMA ANTON RYZHOV, ABOGADO LA ONG STIMUL (PECIALIZADA EN ASISTENCIA LEGAL A PERSONAS LGTBI), QUE TIENE VARS RECURSOS ABIERTOS. TAMBIéN HA ICIADO DISTTOS PROCEDIMIENTOS NTRA LA ADMISTRACIóN POR EXIGIR “EVINCIAS” LA ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL LOS SOLICANT ASILO. RIA NO EL úNI PAíS QUE PI A LOS MANDANT PROTECCIóN TALL SOBRE SU VIDA SEXUAL O S RELACN AFECTIVAS, O PEBA SU ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL (ALGO QUE EL CONSEJO EUROPA NSIRA ILEGAL). STIMUL, FUNDADA EN 2015, LLEVA EN LA PAL SA AL MENOS NUEVE SOS SIAR AL MICHAEL CAMERúN, AFGANISTáN, PALTA O SUDáN.SE SUMAN A OTROS MáS NUMEROSOS PERSONAS —EN SU MENSA MAYORíA, HOMBR— QUE HUYERON A GRANS CIUDAS SAS, O MOSCú O SAN PETERSBURGO, S ESTADOS POSTSOVIéTIS O UZBEKISTáN, DON LA HOMOSEXUALIDAD SE STIGA N HASTA TR AñOS PRISIóN. O S CHECHENIA, DON ANIZACN TERNACNAL NUNCIAN SOS ASATOS, ENRCELAMIENTOS Y BTAL TORTURAS PERSONAS LGTBI. EL GOBIERNO CHECHENIA, EN MANOS RAMZAN KADYROV, LEAL ALIADO L PRINTE SO VLADíMIR PUT, HA NEGADO CUALQUIER ATAQUE ALEGANDO QUE EN E ESTADO “NO EXISTEN HOMOSEXUAL".PENA MUERTEPENA S 14 AñOS A NA PERPETUAPENA HASTA 14 AñOSLEY MORALIDADMATRIMONOTRO TIPO UNNADOPCNLEY SOBRE ORIENTACIóN SEXUAL EN DA PAíS

It was a landmark book on the history of how gay people were portrayed I lled Vo and ma an appotment to terview him at his apartment the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Instead, he tracked down the blackmailers and operated wh the police and put them jail, all to challenge the existg laws agast homosexual behavr.

And that I was right and that they were wrong, but that they were gonna beat me up for so I had to keep my mouth wasn’t like high school I didn’t know any gay kids. ” And I had never heard of Fire Island and was like a total revelatn to me that there was like this gay muny out Do you remember anythg about the movement at that time.

VR: The only thg I knew was I picked up magaz like ONE and I got the sense that there were people out there who were makg a se for gay people, sayg that they shouldn’t be persecuted. And that was the followg Thursday when I went to my first Gay Activists Alliance So then you were volved activist activi through the early ’ What was happeng by 1971, ’72, ’73 was that I was graduate school cema, gettg a masters film. So those three facts sort of nspired to make me realize that I wanted to wre a readable, accsible book about the history of the ways which lbians and gay men had been portrayed on the screen, pecially mastream movi, which reach most people, bee I felt that our image was at the root of homophobia.

PRIDE – VO REMEMBERED: GAY ACTIVIST AND HERO VO RSO – “WHY WE FIGHT”

And I wonr often, I mean, I have no way of perceivg whether or not the book did any good terms of s actual impact on movi bee I still see most mastream Hollywood films as vilently homophobic. And ’s a new kd of activism, bee ’s created a aln, which we were never able to achieve the ’ UP is posed of gay people and straight people, women and men, Black and whe.

VR: I fd tertg om what I know about the history of the gay movement, that there always have been and there will always be people who are willg to put their liv on the le for the ias. Then the 1940s and the 1950s there were the Harry Hays and the Barbara Gtgs and the Mattache Society and then the ’60s, gay liberatn. It’s the more radil issu that I thk are still gonna be fought over, whether gay people have the right to adopt children…EM: Get Get married, teach the public schools, which they do now, you know, but be open about .