Wh BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival upon , we ntue our celebratn of queer cema wh a look at some of the bt lbian, gay and trans films om Sndavia and the Nordic untri.
Contents:
- YOUNG ROYALS: FANS GO WILD FOR NETFLIX'S 'GAY, TEENAGE VERSN OF THE CROWN'
- A ROYAL SECRET: THE TRIGUG TE STORY OF KG GTAF V, SWEN'S FIRST GAY KG
- GAY SWEN
YOUNG ROYALS: FANS GO WILD FOR NETFLIX'S 'GAY, TEENAGE VERSN OF THE CROWN'
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Pictured: Edv Rydg as Prce Wilhelm'Young Royals is fely a level up on Netflix's talogue, and they released after pri month and makg purely as a queer story, not jt some another profable trash gay si storyle. Wh BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival upon , we ntue our celebratn of queer cema wh a look at some of the bt lbian, gay and trans films om Sndavia and the Nordic untri. Four were among the first natns to legalise gay marriage (Fland took a ltle longer, fally jog the club 2017), and Iceland beme the first untry to have an openly gay head of ernment (Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, 2009).
Swedish melodrama The Wgs (1916), more than half of which has been sadly lost, is one of the first films to feature a gay storyle. Bergman’s pictn of female homosexualy was seldom flatterg – see the predatory lbian Three Strange Lov (1949) or the possible readg of lbianism lkg to mental illns Persona (1966). The lite melancholy of the film, and s bleak pictn of a sad, possibly gay girl, make for a disquietg if rewardg viewg experience.
Daddy and the Mcle Amy (1991)The erotic gay drawgs of Too Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Fland, are one of the Sndavian pensula’s most famo queer exports, and this documentary, the only film to feature the man himself, is a handy entry to his work and reer. While the terviews wh New York leather daddi and S&M enthiasts show his fluence on gay inty, ’s the revealg ments of the artist himself that are the ma reason for watchg. Gay and lbian characters were among the mune dwellers the warm-hearted Together (2000), while the terr monologue of a trans woman was the foc of Contaer (2006), one of his most difficult films.
A ROYAL SECRET: THE TRIGUG TE STORY OF KG GTAF V, SWEN'S FIRST GAY KG
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Although the film do not shy away om the ugls of homophobic and transphobic society, the relatnship self is betifully leated, and featur a very touchg sex scene. A Moment the Reeds (2017)Leevi (Janne Puten), a young, gay Fnish man, meets Tareq (Boodi Kabbani), a Syrian immigrant worker employed to rtore the former’s fay lake hoe. The show is notable for s plex gay and bisexual characters and storyl, which range om difficult g out stori to passnate threome sex scen.
One of the lead characters is a gay woman, and as LGBTQ TV shows go, this one do a particularly good job highlightg issu of queer parentg, cludg relatns wh the sperm donor and brgg a same-genr partner to your baby’s life.
One of the ma characters is a closeted gay gang member, who fac a closed-md Catholic fay and an arranged marriage to a woman, among other hardships. The seri don’t shy away om LGBTQ storyl and the reali of homophobia, and there are several queer characters who provi bisexual, gay and trans reprentatn the ma st. One of the characters equents a gay bar, where baret performers drs drag, and the wild sex parti picted the show are apparently pretty historilly accurate.
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This Rsian web seri is particularly important bee was produced the wake of Rsia’s homophobic “anti-gay propaganda” law, which sentially banned talkg about beg queer or promotg LGBTQ ntent to mors. Created by Manolo Caro, who also created The Hoe of Flowers, this pellg thriller is about a young gay man whose nservative fay is tryg to set him up wh the dghter of a fay iend. A new Swedish mi seri looks at the clanste affair the 1930s between a Swedish kg and a male rtratr, a ptivatg portrayal of love agast the odds that unvers the homophobia and human rights ab of recent tim.
En Kunglig Affär, as is lled Swedish, tells the story of the secret relatnship between Stockholm rtrantr Kurt Haijby and Kg Gtaf V the 1930s, at a time when homosexualy was a crimal offence Swen. His sensibily as a gay artist has shaped and elevated the magaze’s athetic, but he has to keep his creativy check lt Mx be seen as a magaze for gay men.
But fish strong, as the nflict over Richie’s bathhoe project grows and Mx has to nsir whether ’s too risky for the magaze to speak to gay men, or even gay moments like this, the historil fictn feels not entirely historil. The UK has been pecially strong this regard, mirrorg s mendable rerd of excellent gay cema. Followg this creria, programm as diverse as Brishead Revised (1981), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Six Feet Unr (2001-05), The Wire (2002-08), Glee (2009-) and Morn Fay (2009-) don’t make the cut, spe their strong sendary queer characters (the ternatnal succs of Morn Fay particular, broadst untri where homosexualy is still illegal, uld help liberalise attus, followg the marriage of Cameron and Mchell, two of the most popular characters).