Cyndi Lper on Documentary, Gay Fans and Girls Jt Want to Have Fun – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• WARNER BROS. DISVERY SPONSORG GAY FILM FTIVAL CELEBRATG ‘QUEER CHILDHOOD,’ WH DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR FOR CHILDREN
• WARNER BROS. DISVERY SPONSORG GAY FILM FTIVAL CELEBRATG ‘QUEER CHILDHOOD,’ WH DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR FOR CHILDREN

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

On behalf of the Board, Staff, and Volunteers, wele to the 33rd Annual Tampa Bay Internatnal Gay & Lbian Fim Ftival. A time which we didn’t exist history or the stori of the day, and a time which gay rights ordanc were repealed by voters Irve, California, and ci around the untry–and even our own Hillsborough County a few years later. Today we live a time where is not OK to say “gay”: where a stg Jtice of the Supreme Court thks we should revis Uned Stat v.

" He veloped the event together wh the ftival's two curators, Uma da Cunha, based Mumbai, and There Hay, om Palm is love — gay or otherwiseThrough his semi-tobgraphil film "Pe Cone, " Indian Natnal Award-wng director and gay activist Onir highlights three stag the life of a gay man — wh feelg, emotn, pathos and, most importantly, joy. "Pe Cone" also has the distctn of beg one of the first mastream Hdi-language films to have an openly queer actor, Vidhur Sethi om Delhi, playg a gay role. I didn't fd a platform or stud to support me as most fd the story 'too gay' and not suable for a wir dience as gay marriage is not legally regnized India, " adds offergs that foc on LGBTQ issu clu the Marathi-language documentary film "Parlgi" by Suraj Uddhav Madhale, which acpani a trans person tryg to eke out a livg as a secury guard, as their alternativ would be sex work or Ta-language short film "Kannagi, " by Ezhil Vod Selvan, tells the story of two bt iends tryg to make their way through puberty while attemptg to prehend their own genr and the people around endangered k and kti playg CupidAnimals also play central rol some of the featured films this Hdi-language documentary "All that Breath" by Shnak Sen tells the story of brothers Naem and Sd, who are tryg to protect the endangered black k of New Delhi.

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WARNER BROS. DISVERY SPONSORG GAY FILM FTIVAL CELEBRATG ‘QUEER CHILDHOOD,’ WH DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR FOR CHILDREN

Whe, who liv New York, was a -founr of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and of the 1980s queer wrers group The Vlet Quill. “Whether ’s evotive pictn of gay life durg the tumultuo 1980s, pastakgly rearched bgraphy or elegant memoir, Whe’s work stands out across s as s ronance … for a multu of voted rears. ) Whe has been lled the “godfather of gay Amerin lerature, ” Prceton Alumni Weekly has reported.

“I’m workg now on a sex memoir about the lov of my life, ” Whe, who 1977 -wrote wh Charl Silverste, “The Joy of Gay Sex, ” said. Beg gay was sful and illegal.

In that era, “the three most heo thgs Ameri were hero, munism and homosexualy, ” Whe wrote an say. “Or they would try to get passn for gays and prent as sick sad stori, ” Whe said.

WARNER BROS. DISVERY SPONSORG GAY FILM FTIVAL CELEBRATG ‘QUEER CHILDHOOD,’ WH DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR FOR CHILDREN

Disvery is sponsorg a gay film ftival this summer that will celebrate what is llg “queer childhood, ” wh a special drag queen story hour event for children. Organizers of Outft, the annual gay film ftival Los Angel, said they will hold a special slate of programmg for “queer youth” and “queer fai” this year that will allow atten to “enjoy a playful, safe and affirmg environment to celebrate vibrant queer childhood. Is a 501(c)(3) Not-for-Prof that produc the Tampa Bay Internatnal Gay & Lbian Film Ftival, Queer--Color, and the Transgenr Film Ftival.