Body Electric Looks at the Gay Male Gaze and Body Dysmorphia

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Nick Demos’s documentary Body Electric, about body dysmorphia the queer muny, follows his experience between the ag of 45 and 50. Some the gay

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BODY ELECTRIC LOOKS AT THE GAY MALE GAZE AND BODY DYSMORPHIA

I served as a volunteer wh Gay Men’s Health Crisis var paci om 1984 to 1998. I participated the historic 1999 Boulr Gay Men’s Health Summ, which lnched a movement voted to gay men’s health above and beyond HIV/AIDS, and I ordated a seri of workshops lled “Holistic Perspectiv” at the 2000 and 2002 summs Boulr. In addn to my profsnal trag and experience, I brg to BODY AND SOUL WORK a lifetime of adventur as a self-acceptg and sexually active gay man wh a history of long relatnships.

The Body Electric School was first found the San Francis Bay Area 1984 rponse to the emotnal trma, social dislotn, and shame experienced by gay men durg the first years of the AIDS crisis. Gay Soul: Fdg the Heart of Gay Spir and Nature. Jo Body Electric Master Teacher Coll Brown as he guis you through Mark Thompson's revelatory book Gay Soul.

Marcelo Caetano's first feature is an outstandg character study that seems to mirror the magic touch of "Moonlight", where we follow the life of a Northeast, gay, poor and hard-workg character gog through the motns of life tryg to fd his place the world while livg a chaotic and troubled cy while workg on a cloth factory and the way he als wh lleagu, iends and sexual relatnships that don't turn to a more substantial relatn. Kudos for his way of tellg a story where the majory of characters aren't stat-quo gay typ om many films out there: he giv voice and prence to queer POC, trans people, the Northeast people, those who go through a lot of prejudice here and elsewhere. Through the years I thought gay-themed films were gettg repetive wh s notns of love, relatnships and mment, and I thk "Body Electric" was a breath of h air wh a challengg view of life bee a way that's what all the lors of the rabow reprent.

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Body Electric Looks at the Gay Male Gaze and Body Dysmorphia.

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