THIS 2016 DOCUMENTARY recounts four years—from late adolescence to young adulthood—in the life of Bennett (né Rachael) Wallace. Real Boy is an enthralling, intimate, and poignant film, and it is a pleasure to watch. Director Shaleece Haas, who tirelessly followed Bennett on his literal and figurative journey, slept on floors, hung out at music clubs, and accompanied him on road trips, capturing 200 hours of footage.
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LESBIAN FILMMAKER and video artist Barbara Hammer, now in her early seventies, has been exploding long-held myths about both gender and the art of filmmaking since the 1970’s. Her…More
Reviews of the books: The Man Who Loved Birds, Gay American Novels, 1870-–1970: A Reader’s Guide, The Argonauts, and Communal Nude: Collected Essays and the album Love You to Death.
MoreHolding the Man Directed by Neil Armfield Screen Australia, et al. WHILE Australian movies have pursued gay themes before, few until recently have dared to go much…More
Review of Packed in a Trunk documentary about Edith Lake Wilkinson
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A CHEAPLY MADE black-and-white film, The Beatniks (1960) was voice actor Paul Frees’ only directing venture. It succeeded with neither critics nor the public, and it boasts a…More
Reviews of the books: Out in the Periphery: Latin America’s Gay Rights Revolution, Dog Men, and Some Go Hungry and the film: Clambake : 30 Years of Women’s Week in Provincetown.
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Firefighters were met by a grisly, horrific scene. The lifeless body of Bill Larson, pastor of the newly formed local Metropolitan Community Church, was wedged in a window, his face and right arm protruding stiffly over the street. Several bodies were huddled in a corner, burned and fused to each other. Many of the dead were burned beyond recognition …
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Big Joy The Adventures of James Broughton Directed by Stephen Silha and Eric Slade Frisky Divinity Productions JUST AS Deep Throat made hard-core pornography more acceptable for the…More
Review of the book Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion, and the film: The Skeleton Twins.
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