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Sort Of: Sort Of - Season 3 (Final Season)  Season 3, Ep 0

Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo's funny, charming and very queer story of Sabi, a gender non-conforming Pakistani-Canadian figuring out their life in Toronto, finishes up with eight 20-minute episodes in the final season. Note: the decision to end the series came from the creators. Changes come for Sabi, Aqsa, Wolf, 7ven and the rest of the crew. On HBO in the US. [more inside]
posted by mediareport on Mar 17, 2024 - 1 comment

Movie: Brokeback Mountain

[TRAILER] In 1963, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) are hired by rancher Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid) as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes a drunken pass at Ennis that is eventually reciprocated. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart, Alma (Michelle Williams), and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider (Anne Hathaway), the two men keep up their tortured and sporadic affair over the course of 20 years. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 15, 2024 - 12 comments

Movie: Summerland

[TRAILER] Reclusive and irritable writer Alice Lamb (Gemma Atherton) finds her life disrupted by the arrival of evacuee Frank, a London schoolboy who slowly breaks through her reserve as World War II rages across the channel. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 9, 2023 - 3 comments

Movie: Fresh Kill

[TRAILER] Shareen and Claire, a lesbian couple living on Staten Island, find themselves ensnared in a vast conspiracy involving a ghost ship of nuclear refuse, ominous television commercials, and deadly cat food. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 20, 2023 - 0 comments

Movie: High Art

[TRAILER] A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 20, 2023 - 3 comments

Movie: Late Bloomers

[TRAILER] High School basketball coach, Dinah Groshardt, falls for the school secretary, Carly Lumpkin, and upsets the entire school in the process. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 20, 2023 - 2 comments

Movie: Go Fish

[TRAILER] Max is a trendy, pretty, young lesbian, who is having trouble finding love. A friend sets her up with Ely, whom Max likes, but Ely is frumpy, homely, and older. Nor do they have much in common. Can Max learn to look past the packaging? [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 20, 2023 - 5 comments

Movie: The Watermelon Woman

[TRAILER] Cheryl, a young black lesbian, works a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical “mammy” roles relegated to black actresses during that period. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 20, 2023 - 1 comment

Movie: The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

[TRAILER] Randy Dean (Laurel Holloman), a boyish lesbian who works at a gas station, has trouble performing in high school and is treated badly by bigoted locals because of her sexual identity. She begins an unlikely friendship with one of her school's popular girls, the affluent Evie (Nicole Parker). But when their friendship blossoms into a romance, the two find themselves struggling with the intricacies and pitfalls of discovering love, and having to reveal their relationship to friends and family. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 20, 2023 - 4 comments

Heartstopper: Season 2  Season 2, Ep 0

Nick, Charlie, Tao, Elle, Isaac and all the rest of the Truman/Hicks gang are back. [more inside]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero on Aug 7, 2023 - 13 comments

Book: When the Angels Left the Old Country

Little Ash, a lesser son of the famed demon king Ashmedai, studies Talmud all day with his counterpart, a forgetful angel, in the synagogue of a tiny Jewish town in the Pale of Settlement. But Little Ash wants to see more than their unnamed shtetl: He convinces the angel to go to America, ostensibly to find out what happened to Essie, the baker’s daughter who hasn’t written since she left Warsaw. Steeped in Ashkenazi lore, custom, and faith, this beautifully written story deftly tackles questions of identity, good and evil, obligation, and the many forms love can take. Queerness and gender fluidity thread through both the human and supernatural characters, clearly depicted without feeling anachronistic.
posted by latkes on Jun 19, 2023 - 4 comments

Movie: Mae Martin: SAP

From a mythical moose encounter to the gender spectrum in "Beauty and the Beast," Mae Martin reflects on a world off its axis in this comedy special.
posted by ellieBOA on Mar 28, 2023 - 7 comments

Movie: Joe Lycett: More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett?

Join Joe Lycett (the artist formerly known as Hugo Boss) doing what he does best: talking at a room of people in a queer and comedic fashion. His first tour in years promises to be packed with MORE jokes, MORE comedy anecdotes and MORE inappropriate and arguably disturbing paintings, all in the hope of answering the age-old question: How do you Lycett? How do you Lycett? [more inside]
posted by ellieBOA on Mar 21, 2023 - 0 comments

Movie: A Different Kind of Dude

River Butcher offers their thoughts on gender pronouns, people who put rubber testicles on their trucks, outrageously large fires, divorce and much more. [more inside]
posted by ellieBOA on Jan 21, 2023 - 6 comments

Movie: Times Square

A late-night New York disc jockey (Tim Curry) follows the punk-rock antics of two runaway teenage girls (Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 11, 2023 - 11 comments

Movie: Cruising

A psychopath is scouring New York City gay clubs and viciously slaying homosexuals. Detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is ordered to don leather attire, hang at the city's S&M joints and keep an eye out for the killer. But as Steve becomes immersed in club hopping, he begins to identify with the subculture more than he expected. Meanwhile, Steve behaves distantly around his girlfriend, Nancy (Karen Allen), the police force's homophobia becomes apparent and the killer remains at large. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 16, 2022 - 3 comments

Book: Soft Lad

In Soft Lad, for the first time, Grimmy will share his outlooks, surprising obsessions and personal experiences with the world, in book form. From his move from Oldham to the bright lights of London, to his 14-year career climbing to the helm of the Radio 1 breakfast show, he'll discuss everything from his love of music through to self-care and partying, Red Nose Day, coming out, dogs, family, ADHD, Catholicism, and all that he's seen in between.
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 16, 2022 - 0 comments

Movie: Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

Actor Mark Patton shares his story of being a closeted gay man while starring in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, a film that he began to suspect had homoerotic subtext. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 24, 2022 - 3 comments

Movie: Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual

Joel Kim Booster's first Netflix comedy special, talking about the cultural nuances of being Asian as he gets older and much more.
posted by ellieBOA on Sep 17, 2022 - 3 comments

Podcast: Welcome to Provincetown: Season One

Podcaster Mitra Kiboli spends the summer of 2021 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and gets to know locals and tourists, summer and year-round residents, and the beach. 10 half-hour episodes [more inside]
posted by cadge on Aug 12, 2022 - 0 comments

Movie: Anything's Possible

A modern Gen Z coming-of-age rom-com that follows Kelsa (Eva Reign), a confident high school girl who is trans, as she navigates through senior year. When her classmate Khal (Abubakr Ali) gets a crush on her, he musters up the courage to ask her out, despite the drama he knows it could cause. Directed by Billy Porter. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 25, 2022 - 2 comments

Heartstopper: Season One  Season 1, Ep 0

Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series. [more inside]
posted by crossoverman on Apr 24, 2022 - 21 comments

Movie: United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is a documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people fighting the epidemic in New York, USA. [more inside]
posted by happyfrog on Mar 25, 2022 - 1 comment

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Outcast  Rewatch   Season 5, Ep 17

The Enterprise responds when the J'naii need help finding a missing shuttlecraft. Meanwhile, Riker needs no help responding to questions about his sexual organs. [more inside]
posted by CheesesOfBrazil on May 13, 2021 - 11 comments

Book: Wow, No Thank You.

An essay collection from Samantha Irby about ageing, marriage, settling down with step-children in white, small-town America.
posted by ellieBOA on Sep 10, 2020 - 7 comments

Book: Love Me for Who I Am Vol. 1

Iwaoka Tetsu invites fellow student Mogumo to work at his family’s café for “cross-dressing boys,” but he makes an incorrect assumption: Mogumo is non-binary and doesn’t identify as a boy or a girl. However, Mogumo soon finds out that the café is run by LGBT+ folks of all stripes, all with their own reasons for congregating there. [more inside]
posted by one for the books on Aug 12, 2020 - 1 comment

Mrs. America: Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc  Season 1, Ep 5

The National Women's Political Caucus challenges Phyllis to a TV debate. Phyllis' husband counters with a married couples' debate. Thus Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc use their marriages to bolster the case for/against the ERA. Yet neither couple's marriage is as simple as seen on TV. [more inside]
posted by Monochrome on May 9, 2020 - 3 comments

Movie: A Secret Love

Falling in love in 1947, two women -- Pat Henschel and pro baseball player Terry Donahue -- begin a 65-year journey of love and overcoming prejudice. [more inside]
posted by ellieBOA on May 3, 2020 - 2 comments

Movie: Vita & Virginia

Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the magnetic Vita and the beguiling Virginia forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages; which inspired one of Woolf's most iconic novels, 'Orlando'.
posted by ellieBOA on Sep 24, 2019 - 4 comments

Book: To Be Taught, If Fortunate

A stand-alone science fiction novella from Becky Chambers, the author of the Wayfarers series. Like her other books, it's an intimate, character based story. No concrete antagonists, some tech, a simpld, quiet and thoughtful space opera.
posted by signal on Sep 8, 2019 - 5 comments

Derry Girls: Season Two  Season 2, Ep 0

Derry Girls is a sitcom created by Northern Irish playwright Lisa McGee for Britain’s Channel 4, about teenage travails set in the 90s against the backdrop of the Troubles. It follows the misadventures of four teenage girls (and a male British cousin also attending their Catholic school) facing the everyday challenges of growing up against the backdrop of sectarian conflict. Series 2 trailer! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 3, 2019 - 26 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #145 Louder

Carlos Maza started posting videos on YouTube, and ran afoul of a guy who reminded him of his high school bullies. He asked YouTube to intervene, and then things got extremely complicated. [more inside]
posted by dinty_moore on Jul 11, 2019 - 6 comments

Movie: Tell It to the Bees

In 1950s small town Britain, a doctor develops a relationship with her young patient's mother.
posted by ellieBOA on Jul 6, 2019 - 1 comment

Movie: Becks

After a crushing breakup with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back in with her Midwestern mother. As she navigates her hometown, playing for tip money in an old friend's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape.
posted by ellieBOA on Mar 2, 2019 - 1 comment

Special Event: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2019: Live Action

ShortsTV presents a theatrical release of the five Oscar nominees for Best Short Film, Live Action [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Feb 8, 2019 - 4 comments

Movie: Appropriate Behaviour

Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a cliche to hold onto can be a lonely experience.
posted by ellieBOA on Dec 16, 2018 - 0 comments

Movie: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.
posted by ellieBOA on Dec 12, 2018 - 2 comments

Book: Every River Runs to Salt

The Pacific Ocean is a big thing to steal, and Quietly's roommate Imani never does anything small. But then Imani goes and dies, and Quietly is left to travel to the Under-Ath (the underworld beneath Athens, Georgia), with angry gods at her heels, to clean up the mess Imani left behind and try to rescue her friend. [more inside]
posted by lesser weasel on Dec 5, 2018 - 1 comment

Book: An Unkindness of Ghosts

Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot--if she's willing to sow the seeds of civil war. [more inside]
posted by lesser weasel on Dec 5, 2018 - 3 comments

Book: Stray City

Twenty-three-year-old artist Andrea Morales escaped her Midwestern Catholic childhood—and the closet—to create a home and life for herself within the thriving but insular lesbian underground of Portland, Oregon. But one drunken night, reeling from a bad breakup and a friend’s betrayal, she recklessly crosses enemy lines and hooks up with a man. To her utter shock, Andrea soon discovers she’s pregnant—and despite the concerns of her astonished circle of gay friends, she decides to have the baby. A decade later, when her precocious daughter Lucia starts asking questions about the father she’s never known, Andrea is forced to reconcile the past she hoped to leave behind with the life she’s worked so hard to build. [more inside]
posted by ellieBOA on Aug 31, 2018 - 1 comment

Movie: The Normal Heart

A gay activist attempts to raise H.I.V. and A.I.D.S. awareness during the early 1980s.
posted by ellieBOA on Aug 19, 2018 - 2 comments

Movie: Disobedience

A woman returns to her Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her for her attraction to a female childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.
posted by ellieBOA on Jul 22, 2018 - 2 comments

Movie: Love, Simon

Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Mar 17, 2018 - 14 comments

Into the Badlands: Wolf's Breath, Dragon Fire  Season 2, Ep 10

Sunny faces the toughest challenge of his life. Bajie's loyalties are tested. [more inside]
posted by numaner on May 25, 2017 - 5 comments

Into the Badlands: Leopard Stalks in Snow  Season 2, Ep 6

Sunny and Bajie encounter and unexpected friend but also an unbeatable enemy from the past. The Widow makes an unholy alliance. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Apr 25, 2017 - 3 comments

When We Rise: Full mini-series  Season 1, Ep 0

Based on the memoir by Cleve Jones, with a script by Dustin Lance Black, this four-part mini-series covers several decades of LGBT and AIDS political activism in San Francisco. [more inside]
posted by larrybob on Mar 2, 2017 - 18 comments

Movie: Moonlight

A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
posted by Pizzarina Sbarro on Nov 10, 2016 - 24 comments

Eyewitness: Bless the Beast and the Children  Season 1, Ep 2

Philip and Lukas find proof that the killer's alive. Helen tries not to let the case affect her marriage. A new head of the FBI task force is introduced.
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Oct 23, 2016 - 0 comments

Eyewitness: Buffalo '07  Season 1, Ep 1

Teenagers Philip and Lukas meet to share a kiss—and witness a murder, which they don't report out of fear being outed. Complicating matters is the fact that Philip's foster mom is the sheriff, who's soon investigating the case.
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Oct 23, 2016 - 0 comments

Movie: Freeheld

New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
posted by ellieBOA on Sep 25, 2016 - 2 comments

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