Hundreds of photographs om the 19th and 20th centuri offer a glimpse at the life of gay men durg a time when their love was illegal almost everywhere.
Contents:
- 10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS
- 35 FRENCH GAY SLANG WORDS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS
We look back at the bt French gay cema. * gay french man *
La Cage x Foll (1978)Tradnally France has been seen as one of the most liberal untri the world, and boasts an enviable rerd on gay rights, spe the ocsnal rantgs om Brigte Bardot.
35 FRENCH GAY SLANG WORDS YOU NEED TO KNOW
The latt om gay French director Franis Ozon is filled wh the heads of new sire the trailer for the film. * gay french man *
But has this homoiendly attu translated to s cema? We’ve kept the list to films that are easily available to watch the UK, but honourable mentn should go to The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957), a dated farce that at least has a sympathetic gay son, albe one who never appears on screen, and L Amiés particulièr (1964), set a boys’ boardg school.
100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE
Frhen up your French vobulary wh our list of lorful French gay slang. Learn gay and lbian words to add variety to your vobulary! * gay french man *
Un chant d’amour (1950)French wrer Jean Ge is one of the key figur of gay culture, whose novels (cludg Querelle of Brt), plays and says have been champned by gay and straight rears alike.
There’s nothg explicly gay here, but any film that shov Jacqu Perr a sailor su, squeez Gee Chakiris to tight whe troers and rat self wh lavish, lurid sets fely has a queer eye. La Cage x Foll (1978)“Une édie très gay” smirked the tagle for this box-office smash. Blier’s films often foc on two aquate men ung agast women (L Valss, the Osr-wng Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), and unrton of homosexualy have always lgered the air.
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
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Here ’s ma explic, albe an ocsnally homophobic ntext – the scen where the hband is forced to don women’s clothg are particularly unfortable.
The arrival of the betiful and charismatic Gill threatens both his thory and his mand on his sexualy, as an unrequed homoerotic attractn tak hold. Anatomy of Hell (2004)Gay men hate and fear women, even more than straight men. When a woman (Amira Casar) slash her wrists a gay bar, she challeng her homosexual rcuer (Italian porn star Roc Sifedi) to spend four nights wh her to “watch me where I’m unwatchable”.
Fet the cliché of the gay bt iend, this guy n’t stand women.