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22 Movies That Changed The Way We Felt About Ourselves As LGBT People

22 Movies That Changed The Way We Felt About Ourselves As LGBT People
Movies and popular culture have an indelible impact on developing mindsets. The significance can even be more profound when you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), given that representation of the community in Hollywood is still limited.

Still, there have been some true cinematic milestones portraying LGBT lifestyles over the years. “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Brokeback Mountain” and “Milk” have nabbed Oscars, while “Velvet Goldmine” and “A Beautiful Thing” enjoy cult followings among queer audiences and beyond.

We asked the HuffPost Gay Voices editorial team as well as our readers to name the movies which shaped the way they felt about themselves as LGBT people. We also added a few titles (“A League of Their Own,” “Steel Magnolias“) that may not feature prominent LGBT plotlines if we felt the viewer made a sufficient case for its inclusion.

Take a look at 22 movies that changed the way we felt about ourselves as LGBT people below.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/10/movies-lgbt-identity-_n_6125126.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

Jehovah's Witness Leader Preaches Against Tight Pants, Says Gays are Pushing Them: AUDIO

Jehovah's Witness Leader Preaches Against Tight Pants, Says Gays are Pushing Them: AUDIO

Morris

Anthony Morris III, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, recently gave a sermon against tight pants.

SuitGod hates them, and by the way, they’re designed by homosexuals.

Morris first warns the women:

“Some of our sisters – what it is are these spanx – these skin tight stuff they wear – when they exercise – they leave their home and they’re jogging in this stuff. Look at the verse. Is that appropriate to wear skin tight spanx or whatever they call it? It’s not modest and it’s certainly not sound of mind. It’s really not appropriate. There’s really nothing else to say about it. Now you want to be in your home or your room and wear that stuff that’s your business. But don’t go out like that and say you worship the true God.”

And then he warns the men:

“And the other one that needs addressing is for these young fellas, cause the older ones aren’t doing much of it thankfully, is the metrosexual look we’ve addressed that in the past. What’s happened now is that it’s really caught on more – the tight suit jacket and the tight pants. Better known as tight pants. They are tight all the way down to the ankles. It’s not appropriate. It’s not sound of mind.”

And then (leaving his congregation in stitches) he goes after the gays:

“The homosexuals that are designing these clothes – they’d like you in tight pants.”

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP


Andy Towle

www.towleroad.com/2014/11/morris.html