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Outfest LGBTQ Film Festival announces 2017 line-up
Outfest LGBTQ Film Festival announces 2017 line-up
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Outfest, the premiere Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival, last week announced their slate for 2017. The festival will run from July 6th-16th in Los Angeles, and will feature 194 LGBTQ-inclusive films from 30 different countries. Tickets go on sale for members June 8th, and to the general public June 12th.
Outfest will open July 6th, with a screening of God’s Own Country, a romance from the UK, which follows a sheep farmer and the connection he forges with a Romanian migrant. The film won the World Cinema Directing Award at Sundance, as well as being and audience favorite. The festival will close with Freak Show, the directorial debut of Trudie Styler, a coming of age story about an effeminate teenager finding himself and where he fits while fighting back against bullies, with an ensemble cast that includes Laverne Cox.
Other centerpieces at this year’s Outfest include Kevyn Aucoin: Beauty & the Beast in Me, a documentary that follows legendary makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin, his immense success styling celebrities such as Cher, Cindy Crawford, and Whitney Houston, and growing up gay in Louisiana. Another highlight is Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall, which follows the singer and performer looking back on his conservative upbringing to his current state of stardom after making it big on YouTube. The film is directed by documentarian Katherine Fairfax Wright, co-director of GLAAD Award Winning documentary Call Me Kuchu.
Close Knit, a Japanese film about an LGBTQ-led family, is 2017’s international centerpiece. The film follows 11-year-old Tomo who is living with her uncle and his girlfriend, who happens to be trans. The film explores the sweet nature of this family , as well as the state of transgender rights in Japan. The U.S. centerpiece is Strangers, a series about Isobel, a young bisexual woman who rents out her spare room to a plethora of characters who help her explore her life and relationships.
Other highlight films include After Louie, a drama starring Alan Cumming as an activist who was part of ACT UP, struggling with survivors guilt, who embarks on a relationship with a new man; Chavela, a documentary about the Mexican lesbian icon Chavela Vargas, and her music; Fathers, a film about two Thai men who are raising a young son, while dealing with the prejudice that comes along with it in their country; and The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson, the documentary on the woman who trail blazed the stonewall riots from David France, the director of How to Survive a Plague.
This year’s Outfest will feature special screenings including an hour of Steven Universe episodes with an appearance by show creator Rebecca Sugar, a sneak peek at season four of Transparent, and a screening of the Showtime documentary More than T from director Silas Howard. The panels this year include “Beyond Binaries: Creating Intersectional Entertainment,” a panel that discusses how to bring the diversity and intersectionality of the world into the stories on screen. There will also be a live reading from Outfest’s Screenwriting Lab and a Trans Summit.
This is just a handful of the films and events that will be included in this year’s Outfest. The full schedule for Outfest is available on their website as is the full list of 194 films. Be sure to check it out before tickets go on sale this week!
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Speedos, fatherhood, and Deborah Cox: Designer Lucio Castro’s recipe for a perfect Pride
Speedos, fatherhood, and Deborah Cox: Designer Lucio Castro’s recipe for a perfect Pride
Trump Demanded ‘Loyalty,’ Asked for End to Flynn Probe, Comey to Testify
Trump Demanded ‘Loyalty,’ Asked for End to Flynn Probe, Comey to Testify
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump demanded “loyalty” from former FBI Director James B. Comey and asked him to drop at least part of the bureau’s investigation of former national security adviser Mike Flynn, Comey plans to testify to Congress on Thursday. In a prepared statement posted on the Senate Intelligence Committee website, Comey says that in…
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Not Buying It: Breitbart Losing Advertisers
Not Buying It: Breitbart Losing Advertisers
The right-wing site has experienced about a 90 percent decline in the number of brands advertising on it.
www.advocate.com/media/2017/6/07/not-buying-it-breitbart-losing-advertisers
NADA A TEMER MESMO!
She gave up music when she went deaf, but now Mandy Harvey is singing at the top of her game
She gave up music when she went deaf, but now Mandy Harvey is singing at the top of her game
Her hearing never came back, but her spirit did, and then some.
Trump to honor Pride month by giving a speech at an antigay conference
Trump to honor Pride month by giving a speech at an antigay conference
This is in addition to his refusal to issue a proclamation acknowledging June as Pride month.
Qatar, Jared Kushner, TLC, Alex Honnold, Al Green, James Clapper, Danish Footballers: HOT LINKS
Qatar, Jared Kushner, TLC, Alex Honnold, Al Green, James Clapper, Danish Footballers: HOT LINKS
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. Rep. Al Green is drawing them up: “The articles have little chance of seeing the light of day in a House chamber controlled by Republicans, who have rallied behind Trump amid multiple investigations into ties between Russia and members of the president’s inner circle. But Green’s gambit highlights the growing apprehension many Democrats have toward the president, and it’s sure to energize a liberal base that’s sounded the impeachment alarm with increasing volume as the Russian investigation saga has evolved.”
CLAPPER. Watergate pales in comparison to Trump-Russia probe: “I lived through Watergate. I was on active duty then as a young officer in the Air Force, and it was a scary time. But it was against the backdrop of all the post-Vietnam trauma, which seemed, at least in my memory, amplified the crisis in our system with Watergate…I have to say though that I think when you compare the two, Watergate pales, really, in my view, compared to what we’re confronting now.”
MISTRIAL. Mistrial declared in case of church members who beat gay man to exorcise his ‘homosexual demons’.
TEXAS. Governor Greg Abbott revives stalled anti-trans bathroom bill: “Mr. Abbott, a Republican, ordered a 30-day special session starting in July and put on the agenda a bathroom bill that would prevent municipalities from passing anti-discrimination ordinances designed to protect transgender people. The special-session agenda also includes bills that would limit property taxes and keep several state agencies operating.”
MORE FAMOUS THAN I AM. Isn’t that the kiss of death?
President Trump: Jared Kushner has “become much more famous than me… I’m a little bit upset about that” t.co/rMYOVb1lPK
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 6, 2017
DETROIT. Rainbow flag raised for first time in Hart Plaza.
MALTA. New Prime Minister promises to legalize same-sex marriage: “Muscat has promised to cut taxes and raise pensions, tackle traffic congestion, and legalize gay marriage. The 43-year-old Muscat will be sworn in on Monday, after which he will begin forming his new government that will have a five-year mandate. About 92 percent of the island’s 342,000 eligible voters cast a ballot, the electoral commission said.”
GEORGIA. Gay Republican Danny Ellyson, a business owner and disabled Iraq War veteran mounts campaign against U.S. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Tifton, in Georgia’s 8th congressional district: “He’s operating under the umbrella of Brand New Congress, a political action committee started by more than a dozen volunteers from Sanders’ presidential campaign that’s pushing for evicting Washington’s “corrupt and complacent political establishment.” The group aims to recruit grassroots candidates that emphasize many of Sanders’ signature policies, including free college, overhauling the criminal justice system and removing big money from politics.”
DENMARK. Danish footballers take stand against homophobia.
Danish national footballteam take a strong stand against #homophobia as #Denmark plays #Germany tonight #LGBT #DENGER pic.twitter.com/vY4nK1YUx0
— Amnesty Danmark (@amnestydk) June 6, 2017
UK. Gang of 9 youths beats gay couple in Shropshire park: “Matthew Seward and his partner were walking home between 11.30pm and midnight on Saturday after enjoying a couple of drinks in Whitchurch, when the group of about nine youths men set upon them pair. During the attack the pair were beaten and kicked, which resulted in 32-year-old Mr Seward needing to go to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital where he was treated and had his cuts stitched up. The assault happened near to the toilets in Jubilee Park.”
QATAR. Russian hackers planted fake news: “US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar’s state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US’ closest Gulf allies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.”
CLIMB OF THE DAY. Alex Honnold climbed Yosemite’s El Capitan without rope or safety gear.
COMMUNITY REFERRAL SERVICE. Looking back at Indianapolis’s Gay Switchboard: “The Community Referral Service of Indianapolis was a simple thing. It consisted of a phone number patched to an answering service. The answering service sent alerts to an on-call “operator” through a pager. Operators, armed with a three-ring binder they’d crammed with wide-ranging information, took shifts answering the page. The incoming queries varied: Where can I find a doctor who’s comfortable treating a gay man? A divorce lawyer who’d understand? A therapist? Where are the gay bars? Where are the bath houses?”
LANDING OF THE DAY. SpaceX’s glorious landing.
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. TLC “Way Back”.
AUDITION OF THE DAY. Deaf singer Mandy Harvey on America’s Got Talent.
HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Juanfer De La Torre.
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