7 LGBTQ+ movi to watch: om elrly gay Hongkongers S S, to Hollywood’s trans reprentatn Disclosure - YP | South Cha Morng Post

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• BL / GAY - NEW MOVI AND DRAMAS 2020-2021
• 7 LGBTQ+ MOVI TO WATCH: OM ELRLY GAY HONGKONGERS S S, TO HOLLYWOOD’S TRANS REPRENTATN DISCLOSURE
• HONG KONG GAY FILM
• HONG KONG LBIAN AND GAY FILM FTIVAL

BL / GAY - NEW MOVI AND DRAMAS 2020-2021

S S film review: award-wng Hong Kong gay romance follows the twilight affair of two closeted fay men.

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Relatable to anyone who is, or once was, a teen--gay or straight. Based on Lee’s own fight wh ncer, the film follows an emotnally harrowg journey endured by young gay photographer Alex, after he is diagnosed wh peroneal ncer. In many plac, June is the time to celebrate the efforts that the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ+) muni have ma to be themselv and fight for their celebrate, here are seven LGBTQ+ films to enjoy on streamg platforms – and one a cema – wh your iends this month.

7 LGBTQ+ MOVI TO WATCH: OM ELRLY GAY HONGKONGERS S S, TO HOLLYWOOD’S TRANS REPRENTATN DISCLOSURE

S S (Twilight’s Kiss) (2019, M+ Cema)S S, meang “uncle” Cantone, tells the story of a secret romance between two closeted gay men their twilight years. Havg not lived as their te selv for years, the two fall love and stggle between social norms and personal only do the award-wng film pict the reali that elrly gay men face Hong Kong, but also shows the quiet, timate nature of imagg what uld be a better future.

The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. A gay teenager, Simon Spier (Nick Robson), has been hidg his sexualy unr the mask of beg straight like his bt iends, Leah (Kathere Langford), Abby (Alexandra Shipp) and Nick (Je Lenb Jnr) Simon repli to an anonymo onle nfsn om another closeted gay stunt at his school, their exchange is disvered by a classmate, Mart (Logan Miller), who blackmails Simon to lyg to his iends.

HONG KONG GAY FILM

Hong Kong’s LGBTQ+ muny has seen some solid social progrs recent years: The ernment regnized same-sex partnerships spoal visa applitns, the hight urt led that same-sex upl n apply for spoal benefs and file jot tax returns, and a study nducted last year showed that the majory of Hongkongers support gay marriage. Of urse there’s still unrcurrents of homophobia, too, as seen the recent furor over a Cathay Pacific ad featurg a gay uple, the whdrawal of 10 LGBT children’s books om the cy’s librari, and the appotment of an anti-gay marriage polician to the cy’s equali watchdog.

This was a tricky list to pile, not least bee Hong Kong cema, gay, lbian, and queer characters are often amed stereotypil ways: as the butt of a joke, or as the protagonist’s “gay iend” whose character has a lghable lack of nuance. For stance, gay men have largely been portrayed as effemate and wimpy, or “mp mp i, ” much of the history of Hong Kong cema. But while recent films pictg LGBTQ+ characters still are far om perfect, there have been some promisg velopments — we’ve had the first mastream film to tackle the topic of transgenrism, portrayals of gay men that go far eper than the trope of “mp mp i, ” and exploratns of the lbian woman’s experience beyond the stereotype of an aggrsive, leather jacket-wearg butch.

HONG KONG LBIAN AND GAY FILM FTIVAL

Sensg that Sam and Rose are not happy together, Wg cis to make her missn to rencile the two lovers, but the procs fds fds herself fallg love wh Sam, and Sam likewise fallg love wh Wg — which leads him to qutn whether he is actually gay. Sam begs to worry that the whole world will thk he’s gay after Wg lets slip “I love you, Sam” at an awards ceremony, so a bid to ward off spicns about Sam’s sexualy, Wg asks Fan to pretend to be her lover, but Wg soon fds herself fallg for the charismatic star. While not entirely perfect s portrayal of issu relatg to transgenrism, cross-drsg, and homosexualy, ’s fely a groundbreakg and necsary film that ’s the first film about transgenr issu to enter mastream cema Hong Kong.

This betifully-shot die g-out film als wh issu of social nformy, prsn, and ternalized homophobia. Prr to makg Soundls Wd Chime, K Hung ma his name the die film circu wh his short romance film I Am Not What You Want, which has been scribed as signifint Hong Kong’s queer culture for challengg the cy’s stereotyp about gay men.

He then mov wh his iend Mark, who is also gay but hasn’t e out to anyone, cludg his girliend. One day, he meets Hoi a park where gay men gather, and the two furtively try to figure out if each other are terted them. What follows is an exploratn of the liv of LGTBQ people Hong Kong (predomantly told through the liv of gay men).

Hoi troduc Pak to the world of unrground snas where gay men meet to enjoy each other’s pany—not jt to have sex, but to share simple moments like havg a meal together, sce they nnot meet at home.

The film featur a scene based on real life where a gay rights activist passnately pleads for the ernment to allow them to live as they wish their sunset years, after havg given so much back to Hong Kong society.

S S is a powerful exploratn of the stggl that LGBTQ people face Hong Kong, and tak a uniquely Asian perspective on those challeng, highlightg how they might be different om Wtern Juo-Christian taboos around homosexualy—earng a spot on our list of the bt Hong Kong movi of 2020. Gay Movie S.

Gay Short Film 115 tl. The annual Hong Kong Lbian and Gay Film Ftival (HKLGFF) returns this November, brgg wh a selectn of refully curated LGBT-iendly films that aim to enurage a greater acceptance of the LGBT muny Hong Kong.