But it’s the conversations that truly make Paris Is Burning an LGBTQ landmark. The performances are wild, expressive and still a joy to behold, even after 14 seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, which owes the film a great debt for paving the way toward the mainstreaming of drag culture. The same year Madonna lifted the concept of ‘voguing’ out of New York’s queer underground and took it to the top of the charts, film student Jennie Livingston brought a camera into that same world and allowed its stars to dance, sashay and, most crucially, speak for themselves. ? The 100 best romantic films of all-timeĬast: André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée
Written by Cath Clarke, Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston, Alim Kheraj, Guy Lodge, Ben Walters and Matthew Singer. To that end, we enlisted some LGBTQ+ cultural pioneers, as well as Time Out writers to assist in assembling a list of the greatest gay films ever made – and the results show that queer life is far from a monolith. But the strides of the last half-century or so deserve to be celebrated. Obviously, there are still many barriers left to breach, and much work to be done to achieve true equality in Hollywood. In 2022, we’ll see Billy Eichner’s Bros, the first romantic comedy penned by an openly gay man for a major studio, while the great Billy Porter will make his directorial debut with a story about a trans high school student. So, too, have the opportunities for queer stories written by and for the queer communities. Over the last few decades or so, though, the scope of LGBTQ+ experiences depicted on film has expanded greatly. Inasmuch as gay lives and issues were ever allowed to be addressed on screen without devolving into gross stereotypes, for much of the past century, the perspective was limited to that of white, cisgendered men. Cherry Blossoms After Winter, Kissable Lips, Love Class, and Semantic Error are just a few more examples of hit Korean content releases that have come out this year under the BL genre.Queer cinema has come a long way.
Dramas like Where Your Eyes Linger, My Heart, Wish You, Color Rush, Tinted with You, and others are a strong indication of how the Korean BL (Boy Love) series has only become more popular in recent years. As a result of the changing circumstances, picking homosexuality as a subject in Korean dramas is on the rise. Though conservative beliefs are prevalent still, South Koreans have become more and more accepting of homosexuality and LGBTQ+ rights since 2010.Īs of 2020, South Korea does not have a national law against discrimination based on sexual orientation. Today, as I’m writing this article, I feel compelled to share his invaluable insights.Īs per reports, the South Korean government used its Information and Communications Ethics Committee (an official organ of the Ministry of Information and Communication) to restrict gay-content websites from 2001 to 2003. But his work and words always make me wonder about his courage in being who he was. “There’s a strong sense of homo-eroticism linked with the word ‘homosexuality,’ since in most cases, homosexual relationships are perceived as lust rather than love,” he said, adding, “We can’t fathom two gay men or women in love sitting and sipping tea together,” further elucidating, “Homosexuality is in nature, but human conduct codifies it to a neologism, and thus the distinction between what’s natural and unnatural remains unclear.” Rituparno Ghosh is no longer with us. “How would you characterize homosexuality?” I asked Ritu da. When the law denies the petition, Rudra resolves to have sex-change surgery so that they can be considered a couple and earn the right to adopt. Chitrangada is a poignant story about two men, Rudra and Partho, who fall in love and wish to adopt a child. I sat with him in his spellbinding house, ‘Tasher Ghawr’ (House of Cards), talking about the film. During the promotion of his critically acclaimed film Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish, I had the honor of interviewing the great Indian filmmaker, actor, writer, and lyricist, Rituparno Ghosh.