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• LGBT RIGHTS: THE FILM ABOUT GAY LOVE SHAKG UP GEIA
• AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
• GAY RIGHTS
• HERE’S A VIO OF CHARLI XCX LERALLY YELLG ‘GAY RIGHTS’ WHILE HOLDG POPPERS
• PET SHOP BOYS RELEASE NEW SONG SAMPLG GAY RIGHTS SPEECH - LISTEN
• 5 FILMS YOU CAN STREAM NOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• 10 SENTIAL MOVI ABOUT GAY RIGHTS
• THE GAY RIGHTS VIO THAT WILL SEND CHILLS DOWN YOUR SPE
• THE GAY RIGHTS VIO THAT WILL SEND CHILLS DOWN YOUR SPE
• THE 3 QUEER VIMEO SHORTS YOU NEED TO WATCH RIGHT NOWDELVE TO YOUNG LOVE, A PLITED THPPLE, AND A HOOKUP GONE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY BILLY MCENTEEMAY 22, 2019/12:51 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:832PX;WIDTH:1890PX;}BY BILLY MCENTEEMAY 22, 2019 / 12:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 3 QUEER VIMEO SHORTS YOU NEED TO WATCH RIGHT NOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-22T16:51:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-22T16:51:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BILLY MCENTEE","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT TIME FOR WORLD PRI, VIMEO HAS RELEASED THREE SHORT FILMS THAT EXPLORE NTEMPORARY QUEER LIFE THROUGH LBIAN, GAY, AND TRANSGENR NARRATIV. EACH UNR 13 MUT, THE FILMS HAVE RECEIVED VARYG FORMS OF REGNN—VIMEO STAFF PICKS, FTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTNS, AND SHORT FILM AWARDS—BUT ARE ONLY NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIVE TO THE THRO OF YOUNG LOVE THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE LETTER, THE PLEX TRICI OF A THPPLE LAVENR, AND THE EXCEMENT AND TERROR OF A MEET-CUTE WAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT KATHERE (ELLA J-F) AND ISA (ELYSSE SHIRLEY), THE YOUNG QUEER WOMEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS TWO-HANR. “ARE YOU READY TO FLY BACK?” ONE ASKS. THOUGH ’S NEVER MA CLEAR WHETHER THE UPLE IS STUDYG ABROAD OR ON VATN THE OTHER’S UNTRY, THERE’S MAGIC THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TSA HILL’S SHORT FILM THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE LETTER IS A BREATHG POEM, A MICROSPIC LOOK AT A POIGNANT GOODBYE THAT IS NEVER TEARY OR OVERACTED. SO LYRIL IS THIS SHORT THAT SEEMS TO EXIST OUT OF TIME ALTOGETHER, AND YET TIME IS THE NARRATIVE’S BIGGT NSTRAT—KATHERE AND ISA WILL NEED TO SEPARATE, RETURN TO THEIR HOM, AND MOVE ON OM THEIR SHORT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HER VOICEOVER AT THE END OF THE FILM’S ACHG SIX MUT, KATHERE NARRAT, “I LIVE THE PAST NOW.” IT’S NOT AN UNFAIAR SENSATN FOR ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED TO UNGLUE THEMSELV OM A FIRST LOVE. HEARTBREAKG AS THOSE MOMENTS ARE, HILL’S SHORT IS A BALM FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN OF THE THREE FILMS, LAVENR MA A SPLASH AT SUNDANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND STARS RENOWNED THEATER AND TV ACTORS KEN BART, MICHAEL HSU ROSEN, AND MICHAEL URIE. THE FILM NAVIGAT THE SHIFTG DYNAMICS OF A NEW YORK THPPLE: ARTHUR (URIE), HIS HBAND (BART), AND THEIR YOUNGER LOVER ANDY (ROSEN). REHGLY, MATTHEW PUCCI’S FILM NEVER DISSOLV TO A SCREAMG MATCH OVER WHO THE THPPLE HOLDS THE MOST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INSTEAD, PTUR THE LTLE TAILS THAT ILLUMATE THE FISSUR OF AN AMBIGUO RELATNSHIP: THE HBANDS WEAR THEIR WEDDG RGS DURG SEX WH ANDY; AT ARTHUR’S BIRTHDAY PARTY, ANDY STANDS THE BACK, SEPARATED OM THE HBANDS AND THEIR IENDS; ONE MORNG, ANDY FDS A SPIC PATCH OF LAVENR PAT ON A SPARE BEDROOM WALL. 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PUCCI PTUR WHAT SIMMERS BENEATH THE SURFACE OF BETIFUL BROWNSTON, WHERE SOME GAY MEN HAVE FOUND FORT AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TERRA NAVA M’S SHORT EXPLOR IS FAR RICHER AND MORE SOCLOGILLY PLEX THAN WHAT, ON THE SURFACE, ULD BE MISNSTED AS A FILM ABOUT A BAD HOOKUP. 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LGBT RIGHTS: THE FILM ABOUT GAY LOVE SHAKG UP GEIA

Image ptn, Lasha and Beka scribe leadg a double life to avoid homophobic attacks"When I told my mother I was gay, she said I wish you were ad or had never existed at all. They are stg together a seclud park are not their real nam bee Geia gay upl often fear for their safety. Discrimatn agast sexual orientatn is illegal, but realy homophobia is monplace Geia's nservative society.

And equently, gay people are victims of ptn, And Then We Danced: The film that sparked protts"If you are drsed differently people will start shoutg 'perasts' - to avoid we have to blend , " Lasha explas.

The term "perast" is wily ed former Soviet untri to sult homosexuals. We hi our fac every day orr not to e aggrsn among people the streets, " adds film was nmned as 'sult to Geia'Plenty of aggrsn was on display at the recent openg night of Geia's first feature film about gay love. However, the Church said the film was an attempt to change "the nscns" of the Geian public and ultimately legalise "the s" of shaken by claims of homosexualyYet the Church has bee embroiled a homosexual sndal of s own.

AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?

Jt a few days before the film's release, the Geian public was stunned when, on live televisn, a bishop acced senr clergy of engagg homosexual acts. Image ptn, A cross is held up outsi the cema showg the film And Then We DancedBishop Petre Tsaava had jt been ejected om the Holy Synod, the Geian Orthodox Church's Executive told reporters that the reason for his expulsn was bee he had exposed a culture of "perasty and homosexualy" among the Church learship. Archprit Andria Jaghmaidze said that any such behavur the Church was "impossible" and told the BBC that anyone found guilty of misnduct would be spend om the ptn, Father Andria Saria has no problem wh homosexualy but believ there is no place for gay pritsBut the BBC has spoken to a prit who says homosexualy is monplace wh the Church.

"We have many problems the Church and one of them is homosexualy. "We are not agast dividuals and their liftyl, but when to a person who wants to be part of the Church, the Church tegorilly forbids prits beg homosexuals and we are fightg precisely agast homosexualy beg a norm the Church.

"'They're tryg to stroy the Church'In a statement, Geian Orthodox Church spokman Archprit Andria Jaghmaidze said was "impossible" for there to be any gay prits and that anyone found guilty of such misnduct "would be spend om the prithood". "Never my 51 years of life uld I ever have imaged [homosexualy] was possible the Church, " said Lamara Dibeli.

GAY RIGHTS

"We don't have the right to judge, " he Gurchiani, a human rights advote and law profsor at Ilia State Universy, believ Geian society is largely nial about homosexualy the Church. "Hate and homophobia is so strong that people don't really re about the facts and they don't want to fd out the tth.

"Image ptn, Sameba Holy Try Cathedral TbilisiFor Lasha and Beka, the gay uple the park, the ia of homosexualy the Church is not news at all, jt as homosexualy society is a realy that has to be accepted. "Gay people exist everywhere, and of urse they are the Church as well.

"They believe that as tim change their untry will bee more fortable wh homosexualy and more gay Geians will e stori om Geia:More on this story. The general populatn is not aware that discrimatn agast the gay muny go beyond marriage & bullyg. To remove homophobia om the law.

HERE’S A VIO OF CHARLI XCX LERALLY YELLG ‘GAY RIGHTS’ WHILE HOLDG POPPERS

But bee Iʼm gay I mt rea. How is homosexualy breakg a le?! To learn about gay lears of the past.

PET SHOP BOYS RELEASE NEW SONG SAMPLG GAY RIGHTS SPEECH - LISTEN

Whether I am gay bi or straight. Pope clarifi ments on homosexualy, says sexual act ‘outsi of marriage’ is a s.

Unr the new law, which still needs approval om Vladimir Put, any actn or rmatn that is nsired an attempt to promote homosexualy uld cur a heavy fe.

'Queerg the Interr' is a look at the history of the gay rights movement here the B. South Korean gay rights supporters celebrate 1st Pri para Seoul 3 years. The Pri para is also facg a church-backed unter-prott rallied nearby streets, which participants held up banners and chanted slogans opposg homosexualy.

5 FILMS YOU CAN STREAM NOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Florida Hoe approv Republin-backed ‘don’t say gay’ bill. In 2019, the Atlantic ran an opn piece tled “The stggle for gay rights is over”. The mise of the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act 2013 was followed by the end of the feral ban on marriage equaly 2015.

Wispread acceptance of same-sex marriage rights, gay people servg the ary and the need for protectns for LGBTQ+ people followed.

10 SENTIAL MOVI ABOUT GAY RIGHTS

As recently as 2020, the urt, then wh two Tmp appote, led that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protected gay, lbian and transgenr workers. In 1985, 89% of parents said they would be sad if they disvered their child was gay or a lbian.

THE GAY RIGHTS VIO THAT WILL SEND CHILLS DOWN YOUR SPE

A rash of laws ncerng the teachg of human sexualy school curricula, banng trans stunt athlet and strippg parents of the right to help their genr-variant children obta appropriate re have popped up numero red stat this same-sex marriage is now part of the fabric of Ameri, nservativ have chosen to explo Amerins’ unfaiary wh trans people and piggyback on parental anger over the perceived overreach of Covid-era school closur, nflatg wh an sid sense of “wokens”, the hop of fdg an electorally viable sluiceway for anti-LGBTQ+ most famo of the anti-LGBTQ+ laws is the piece of Florida legislatn banng stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty schools between krgarten and third gra, the so-lled “don’t say gay” law. Supporters of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill gather outsi Walt Disney World this month. The ernor and his supporters have labeled as a “groomer” anyone who believ children n learn LGBTQ+ people exist, argug that simply by talkg about gay relatnships to a child, you are sexualizg that child.

”To be gay, their view, is to be herently sexualized, a threat to nocence a way that straight Amerins are vehemence has ught even veteran LGBTQ+ advot by surprise.

THE GAY RIGHTS VIO THAT WILL SEND CHILLS DOWN YOUR SPE

He was followed by Arizona’s ernor, Doug Ducey, who, after barrg mors om genr-affirmatn treatment, wouldn’t even state for the rerd that trans people were Florida lawmaker Michele Rayner-Goolsby, left, hugs her wife, Bian Goolsby, durg a march at cy hall St Petersburg agast the ‘don’t say gay’ bill. Photograph: Bob Daemmrich/Zuma Wire/Rex/ShutterstockPolicians are supported the media by mentators like Tucker Carlson, who claimed “no one had heard of this trans thg four years ago”, or Charlie Kirk, channelg 1980s fears sayg “gays want to rpt your children” rejuvenated, the right wg is poised to make transphobia and homophobia rnerston of the midterms and 2024 electns, wh promis to liver “don’t say gay” legislatn stat cludg Michigan and New Perks, the print of the Fay Rearch Council, a nservative lobbyg group, veighed agast the ernors of Indiana and Utah for vetog legislatn banng trans women om participatg sports, llg the bills “timely, mastream protectns”. The Republin US reprentative Marjorie Taylor Greene vowed to troduce a feral “don’t say gay” bill if Republins w the Hoe this November, only to one-up herself days later by tweetg that for people to be pro-trans is to be pro-pedophilia.

”The bs-iendly wg of the GOP that would quietly team up wh Democrats to scuttle rabidly homophobic bills is now outnumbered, and legislators a dozen or more stat that lean even farther to the right than DeSantis are takg, the Natnal Center for Lbian Rights legal director, believ Florida is the tt se for a renewed ph for an aggrsive, Christian-natnalist program. ”The “don’t say gay” bill, Mter not, is very siar to what’s been passed Rsia, tetherg Amerin nservativ to their thorarian unterparts who have succsfully rolled back mocratic norms across eastern Europe. “I’ve seen this movie before over the last 30 years: The right wg cid to target the LGBTQ muny, whether ’s around marriage or adoptn or trans kids playg sports or bathrooms, ” says the California state senator Stt Wiener, who is gay.

THE 3 QUEER VIMEO SHORTS YOU NEED TO WATCH RIGHT NOWDELVE TO YOUNG LOVE, A PLITED THPPLE, AND A HOOKUP GONE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY BILLY MCENTEEMAY 22, 2019/12:51 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:832PX;WIDTH:1890PX;}BY BILLY MCENTEEMAY 22, 2019 / 12:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 3 QUEER VIMEO SHORTS YOU NEED TO WATCH RIGHT NOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-22T16:51:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-22T16:51:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BILLY MCENTEE","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT TIME FOR WORLD PRI, VIMEO HAS RELEASED THREE SHORT FILMS THAT EXPLORE NTEMPORARY QUEER LIFE THROUGH LBIAN, GAY, AND TRANSGENR NARRATIV. EACH UNR 13 MUT, THE FILMS HAVE RECEIVED VARYG FORMS OF REGNN—VIMEO STAFF PICKS, FTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTNS, AND SHORT FILM AWARDS—BUT ARE ONLY NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIVE TO THE THRO OF YOUNG LOVE THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE LETTER, THE PLEX TRICI OF A THPPLE LAVENR, AND THE EXCEMENT AND TERROR OF A MEET-CUTE WAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT KATHERE (ELLA J-F) AND ISA (ELYSSE SHIRLEY), THE YOUNG QUEER WOMEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS TWO-HANR. “ARE YOU READY TO FLY BACK?” ONE ASKS. THOUGH ’S NEVER MA CLEAR WHETHER THE UPLE IS STUDYG ABROAD OR ON VATN THE OTHER’S UNTRY, THERE’S MAGIC THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TSA HILL’S SHORT FILM THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE LETTER IS A BREATHG POEM, A MICROSPIC LOOK AT A POIGNANT GOODBYE THAT IS NEVER TEARY OR OVERACTED. SO LYRIL IS THIS SHORT THAT SEEMS TO EXIST OUT OF TIME ALTOGETHER, AND YET TIME IS THE NARRATIVE’S BIGGT NSTRAT—KATHERE AND ISA WILL NEED TO SEPARATE, RETURN TO THEIR HOM, AND MOVE ON OM THEIR SHORT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HER VOICEOVER AT THE END OF THE FILM’S ACHG SIX MUT, KATHERE NARRAT, “I LIVE THE PAST NOW.” IT’S NOT AN UNFAIAR SENSATN FOR ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED TO UNGLUE THEMSELV OM A FIRST LOVE. HEARTBREAKG AS THOSE MOMENTS ARE, HILL’S SHORT IS A BALM FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN OF THE THREE FILMS, LAVENR MA A SPLASH AT SUNDANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND STARS RENOWNED THEATER AND TV ACTORS KEN BART, MICHAEL HSU ROSEN, AND MICHAEL URIE. THE FILM NAVIGAT THE SHIFTG DYNAMICS OF A NEW YORK THPPLE: ARTHUR (URIE), HIS HBAND (BART), AND THEIR YOUNGER LOVER ANDY (ROSEN). REHGLY, MATTHEW PUCCI’S FILM NEVER DISSOLV TO A SCREAMG MATCH OVER WHO THE THPPLE HOLDS THE MOST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INSTEAD, PTUR THE LTLE TAILS THAT ILLUMATE THE FISSUR OF AN AMBIGUO RELATNSHIP: THE HBANDS WEAR THEIR WEDDG RGS DURG SEX WH ANDY; AT ARTHUR’S BIRTHDAY PARTY, ANDY STANDS THE BACK, SEPARATED OM THE HBANDS AND THEIR IENDS; ONE MORNG, ANDY FDS A SPIC PATCH OF LAVENR PAT ON A SPARE BEDROOM WALL. AND YET: THE THREE OF THEM SHARE MEALS, SG TOGETHER AROUND A PIANO, AND RSE, WASH, AND DRY DISH AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO ANDY WANT ARTHUR AND HIS HBAND’S LIFE, OR DO HE JT WANT TO BE A PART OF ? EHER WAY, THE PROSPECT OF A CHILD—THE PAT, THE SPARE ROOM, THE NEW TOYS THAT DOT THE HANDSOME TOWNHOE—IS PHG HIM AWAY. PUCCI PTUR WHAT SIMMERS BENEATH THE SURFACE OF BETIFUL BROWNSTON, WHERE SOME GAY MEN HAVE FOUND FORT AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TERRA NAVA M’S SHORT EXPLOR IS FAR RICHER AND MORE SOCLOGILLY PLEX THAN WHAT, ON THE SURFACE, ULD BE MISNSTED AS A FILM ABOUT A BAD HOOKUP. PACKED WH TWO REVEALS 12 MUT, THE FILM IS A SLOW-BURN NIGHTMARE, ONE THAT IS BOTH ENLIGHTENG AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S DIFFICULT TO DISCS THE FILM WHOUT SHARG AT LEAST THE FIRST REVEAL, WHICH IS THAT SOFIA (ALSO PLAYED BY M) IS A TRANS WOMAN. SOFIA IS NFIDANT, SEXY, AND CLEAR-HEAD, AND AFTER MEETG ISAAC (RAFAEL CABRERA) AT A PARTY, THE SCTIVE STRANGER WANTS TO TAKE HER HOME. YOU GET THE SENSE THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME SOFIA HAS HAD TO NAVIGATE HOW TO REVEAL HER INTY AND RISK REJECTN—WHICH SHE EXPERIENC DURG THEIR UBER RI. HE, TURNS OUT, IS “NOT OL WH THAT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OR SO SEEMS. A SEND REVEAL IS TOO RICH AND NUANCED TO SPOIL, BUT LEADS TO AN ADRENALE-FUELED FEVER DREAM THAT IS QUIET AND TASTROPHIC. M’S FILM IS EXPERTLY MARKED BY THREE MOMENTS OF PRIVACY WHERE SOFIA STEPS OUT AND CHECKS WH HERSELF. THE QUIET SCEN SHOW SOFIA'S PROGRSN OM FLHED EXCEMENT TO NCERNS OVER SELF-AGENCY. IT RAIS QUTNS ABOUT WHY MEN PRUME SEX IS THEIR RIGHT, AND THE WAYS WHICH MARGALIZED GROUPS NAVIGATE SAFETY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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