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Two elder South Asian queer women touch foreheads in an intimate embrace.

“Your Love” Puts Queer South Asian Elders Front and Center in a Beautiful Way

Theirs is a tenderness — that all-consuming, heady obsession with just being near each other, even if the only way you can convey your love is through touching foreheads.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Jul 20, 2023

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“The Fabulous Ones” and “Asog” Tell Trans Stories with Fact and Faction

What I’ll remember most about these films is the quiet, human moments. The laughter. The grief.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 19, 2023

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Amandla Stenberg and Bobbi Salvör Menuez in My Animal (2023)

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“My Animal” Is a Muddled Queer Werewolf Tale Elevated By Its Leads

Even though the characters are both ostensibly cis queer women, it’s still thrilling to have two nonbinary actors on-screen together — especially ones of this caliber.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 17, 2023

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“Playland” is an Avant-Garde Portrait of an Extinct Queer Bar

Geordon West’s debut feature Playland is an energetic portrait of the Playland Café, a Boston gay bar that was open from 1937 to 1998.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 15, 2023

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Netflix’s “Nimona” Is The Most Delightfully Queer Animated Movie Ever

Your loss, Disney!

Heather Hogan —

Jul 5, 2023

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Three actors perform on stage at El Dorado

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“Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate” Captures a History of Life and Death

I know, statistically, even if none of my living relatives are queer that there have been queer people in my family’s past — clandestine meetings, grand love stories, one night…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 3, 2023