In 'Moonlight,' Growg Up Black, Gay And Poor In 1980s Miami : NPR

Contents:

• THE MIAMI GAY & LBIAN FILM FTIVAL - NOW MIFO
• THE BT GAY CLUBS MIAMI FOR A NIGHT OUT WH THE BOYS
• SAND AND CEMA: THE MIAMI GAY & LBIAN FT WRAPS SOUTH BEACH
• A GAY OLD TIME AT THE MOVI: MIAMI GAY AND LBIAN FILM FTIVAL AND BEYOND
• 'THE GO DOC PROJECT,' GAY ART FILM HYBRID, SET FOR MIAMI INTERNATNAL FILM FTIVAL DEBUT (VIDEO)
• MIAMI GAY MAP
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
• GAY MIAMI
• IN 'MOONLIGHT,' GROWG UP BLACK, GAY AND POOR IN 1980S MIAMI

THE MIAMI GAY & LBIAN FILM FTIVAL - NOW MIFO

The Miami Gay & Lbian Film Ftival (MGLFF), a crilly acclaimed event, started 1998 and is based the world-renowned historic South Beach neighborhood wh addnal films screened at lotns throughout Miami-Da County. The Miami Gay & Lbian Film Ftival is mted to s missn: To spire, enterta and te the public, enurage a sense of muny through ternatnal and culturally diverse film, vio and other media that offer historil and ntemporary perspectiv on the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr experience. The Miami Gay and Lbian Film Ftival is an ternatnally acclaimed event servg as a platform for numero World Premiers, North Amerin Premiers and East Coast Premiers.

The Miami Gay and Lbian Film Ftival is the first MAJOR LGBT film ftival to occur the lendar year, settg the tone for the entire LGBT film ftival season. Once home to a rabow of LGBTQ-iendly loung, bars and clubs, many of Miami’s most pendable gay clubs like Magnum, Mova and Sre are sadly no more.

We might be experiencg an extend drought of gay clubs and bars Miami, but there’s plenty of actn to be had if you know where to fd .

THE BT GAY CLUBS MIAMI FOR A NIGHT OUT WH THE BOYS

So, whout further adi: Our roundup of the bt gay clubs Miami right now. Wh more than 1 ln LGBT travelers flockg to Miami each year, ’s certaly safe to ll this steamy Florida cy a gay mec. The Miami gay nightlife scene dat back to the 1930s, but thgs really took off the ‘80s and ‘90s when Miami Beach beme the cy’s hub for Speedo sunbathg durg the day and htg up the glzy nightclubs at night.

SAND AND CEMA: THE MIAMI GAY & LBIAN FT WRAPS SOUTH BEACH

Yep, Miami is so gay-iendly that ’s one of the few ci the world where the muny has s own official chamber of merce. The Miami-Da Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce recently opened the Miami Beach LGBT Visor Center, which happens to the be the first of s kd the US.

It’s home to a European-based gay hotel. When many jet-setters the LGBT muny travel abroad to ci like Barcelona and Berl, many opt to book rooms at an Axel Hotel, a “hetero iendly” llectn of boutique hotels terg specifilly to the queer muny (gay men, particular, make up most of the clientele).

Miami Beach is home to the gayborhood.

A GAY OLD TIME AT THE MOVI: MIAMI GAY AND LBIAN FILM FTIVAL AND BEYOND

While ’s te that the entire eight-e stretch of barrier island on Miami Beach is home to a large percentage of gay rints and bs, the actual gayborhood is a ncentrated stretch of South Beach. …But that’s not the only gayborhood. South Florida is pretty much a Rsian doll of gay mecs.

Suated 40 mut north Fort Lrdale (but nsired to be part of the Miami Metropolan area), this village has the honor of beg the send gayt cy Ameri.

'THE GO DOC PROJECT,' GAY ART FILM HYBRID, SET FOR MIAMI INTERNATNAL FILM FTIVAL DEBUT (VIDEO)

They got that tle bee acrdg to the 2010 US Cens Bure, Wilton Manors ranks send the untry for s percentage of gay upl as a proportn of total populatn. ) In addn to a variety of bars and other gay-owned bs, Wilton Manors is also home to the World AIDS Mm and Edutnal Center, and a branch of the Stonewall Natnal Mm & Archiv. The gayt police rs patrol cy streets.

MIAMI GAY MAP

Rabow flags pop up throughout Miami signalg gay-iendly and gay-owned bs and neighborhoods. Bis Pri April, there are gay-foced circu parti like Wter Party March and the Whe Party November. And, of urse, the cy’s WterMic Conference/ULTRA March, and the South Beach We and Food Ftival Febary, are big draws to members of the queer muny even though they aren’t strictly gay-foced.

For years, Miami and s neighborg northern cy, Fort Lrdale, each hosted their own dividual gay and lbian film ftivals. It’s easy to shop small (and gay) Miami. Sce many LGBT Miami rints are also entreprenrs, fdg and supportg gay-owned bs is simple.

Some of the standout Miami Beach spots clu Hotel Gaytherg, a playful boutique hotel boastg an dtrial-chic vibe, onse gay bar and a men-only gay sna that has surely seen some steamy moments. The Gay8 Ftival started 2015 and tak place every Febary the Ltle Havana neighborhood.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

It beme a sgle screen adult cema and by the mid-1970’s had been twned and offered gay male adult films Screen I and regular adult films Screen II.

By 1980 was offerg triple-feature regular adult films Screen I and gay male adult films Screen II.

Sand and Cema: The Miami Gay & Lbian Ft Wraps South Beach.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

Wrer/director Mar Filiberti (right) stars as a gay porn star his first feature, “Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star, ” which screened at the Miami Gay & Lbian Film Ftival.

Last week, the HBO Miami Gay & Lbian Film Ftival nclud after 10 days of non-stop parti, sun, and screengs. As an old man, Nugent meets a gay, Ain-Amerin teenager a homels shelter and they embark on a strange trip through his spirg and historil past.

“I figured an animated vampire story or film-noir would be ol, ” said Hutton, “but [director] Gregory De wanted a zombie film, so I wrote a gay zombie vampire film-noir edy. Other ftival awards clud bt documentary to Murray Nossel‘s “Paternal Instct, ” which follows a gay New York uple on their qut for a blogil child.

GAY MIAMI

The dience favore award went to Fran Zeffirelli‘s “Callas Forever, ” spired by opera star Maria Callas, featurg Fanny Ardant as Maris and Jeremy Irons as Larry, a gay has-been punk rock manager. ” “This was our first gay ftival showg, and all of , Richard [Day], Jack Plotnick, Miss Co Pe, and myself were overwhelmed and touched by the strong reactn of the dience.

IN 'MOONLIGHT,' GROWG UP BLACK, GAY AND POOR IN 1980S MIAMI

Always this film [‘Key Wt: Cy of Colors’] touch a place everyone, whether straight or gay, about hope and acceptance. Commentg to dieWIRE about the enomics of gay filmmakg general, Day said: “You nstantly hear the same rea om gay dienc and distributors alike — why n’t we get any cent-lookg gay movi wh petent actg, wrg, and directg?, ” he says. It’s a good al for the pani the short-term, but also pretty much assur that no profsnal-level gay films will ever exist, which blunts mand and slows the market’s expansn.

My hope, though, is that the favorable enomics have ed gay pani to build a theatril, DVD, and ble pipele which will now clamor to be fed. My fellow imbiber heatedly agreed before addg, "And that's great, 'e gay films ually really suck.