This June, we explored the evolutn of the word “pri” and how beme nnected wh the morn gay rights movement.
Contents:
- GAY’S THE WORD: CELEBRATG LGBTQ INTY AND HISTORY ALL YEAR LONG
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
GAY’S THE WORD: CELEBRATG LGBTQ INTY AND HISTORY ALL YEAR LONG
* gay's the word pride film *
Gregg Araki) MYSTERIOUS SKIN, Joseph Gordon-Levt, Jefey Lin, Michelle Trachtenberg, 2004, (c) Tartan Releas Cred: Everett Collectn Joseph Gordon-Levt plays a gay htler who bonds wh a peculiar, UFO-obssed teen (Brady Corbet) over a grim secret: They were both abed by their baseball ach as adolcents.
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
Aled Hchck) ROPE, John Dall, Farley Granger, 1948 Cred: Everett Collectn While there are no overt referenc to the lead characters' sexualy, many have dissected Aled Hchck's 1948 psychologil drama as a film wh queer subtext, wh scholars and crics speculatg that characters played by John Dall and Farley Granger were a gay relatnship when they strangled their former classmate to ath (and hosted a lavish dner party while his body hid a tnk that was later rated for the event). Mike Nichols) THE BIRDCAGE, Nathan Lane, Rob Williams, 1996, © Uned Artists / Courty Everett Collectn Cred: Everett Collectn Adapted om Édouard Molaro's 1978 film La Cage x Foll, Mike Nichols' 1996 dramedy tackled sual Amerin nservatism head-on as followed a gay baret owner (Rob Williams) and his performance artist partner (Nathan Lane) as they attempt to mask their real liv om their son's fiancée's right-wg parents. Fifty years after Parliament crimalized gay relatnships, queer people gathered London to celebrate their var inti and polil victori for one mpy, jubilant, sunny then, the day end.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Another Pri ftival had e and on Marchmont Street Bloomsbury, Gay’s The Word bookshop opened at 10 a. The shop is an endurg symbol of queer pri and muny London, and one that won’t be gog away anytime manager Jim MacSweeney ss across om me the back room of Gay’s The Word on a cloudy summer afternoon, surround on all sis by unshelved novels and post- not.