Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max and the other streamg servic have a great selectn of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr classics to watch this June.
Contents:
- 13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
- GAY PRI
- RSIAN CY ALLOWS GAY PRI PARA THEN BANS ‘BEE CHILDREN MIGHT SEE ’
13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
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The films remd of that fact, and they should be appreciated jt as much as the ser list is by no means the five document of queer film—’s merely a jubilee of movi that are both gay (as LGBTQ+) and gay (as happy! [Alison Foreman]One need only mentn that Victor/Victoria stars Julie Andrews as a stgglg soprano who, wh the help of a mischievo gay performer, cis to pass herself off as a female impersonator 1930s Paris—fallg for a dashg gangster the procs.
GAY PRI
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Armand and Albert are unrervedly happy for the bri and groom, but ’s Barbara’s homophobic parents, Senator Kev Keeley (Gene Hackman) and wife Louise (Dianne Wit), who risk spoilg the fun should they fd out about Val’s fathers and his tranged mother Kathare (Christe Baranski). [Manuel Betanurt]Another Gay MovieImage: Courty TLA ReleasgThe perfect enpsulatn of LGBTQ+ cema the early 2000s, Another Gay Movie serv as a time psule for a moment when queer ntent was unabashedly c, lewd, straight-to-vio shlock.
While the setup provis plenty of fodr for foul-mouthed toilet-humor, sex jok, and sight gags, the movie also manag to touch on some still-prsg issu of gay life, such as self-nial, subvertg stereotyp, embracg one’s own bety, and fdg chosen fay. But this retellg of Bra’s ’80s mers’ strike and a surprisg llaboratn wh gay and lbian activists may actually be this particular list’s qutsential pick.
RSIAN CY ALLOWS GAY PRI PARA THEN BANS ‘BEE CHILDREN MIGHT SEE ’
* gay vk pride *
Gay screenwrer Stephen Berford’s tale is one of triumph over adversy, of how activism creat chosen fay, tied together by s roots real-life history. [Jack Smart]Alex StrangeloveImage: Walter ThomsonAs far as both stand-up-and-cheer moments and kiss between gay characters go, Alex Strangelove n’t be beat. The place was once n by Karen and Barry Mason, a straight uple who savvily beme gay porn entreprenrs that tered to the male clientele the neighborhood at a time when such ntent was not a mere click away.
Donnie Janela will battle Lypto a “Don’t Say Gay” match for the Primos 303 tle, Primos Heavyweight champn Adrian Grimm agast a mystery opponent and Jetson teams up wh non-bary wrtler En von Engeland.
Some people have been sharg imag of queer ins and homophob alike wearg exprsns of disapproval—RuPl owng on the phone, Ltle Edie rantg Grey Garns, Aunt Lydia swlg The Handmaid’s Tale. Gay sire, the exprsn of trans and fluid inti, and asexualy each suggts different ias of what a “productive” life looks like. Moreover, homophobia roots self a sense of revulsn—a notn that certa kds of sex and bodi are weird, unnatural, and wrong.