10 Great LGBTQ+ and Inclusive Films to Close Out Your Holiday Weekend
These are very personal LGBTQ+ picks but offer something for everyone. As you recover from the turkey or tofurkey, relax to these classic queer films!
November 26, 2023
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These are very personal LGBTQ+ picks but offer something for everyone. As you recover from the turkey or tofurkey, relax to these classic queer films!
Is the gay novel truly dead? The Advocate and select Lambda Literary Award winners disagree, showcasing a list of classic gay and queer novels that prove LGBTQ+ literature is alive and well.
In the first Saturday match of our qualifying round in our Clash of the Classics tournament, it's Maurice vs. The Celluloid Closet.
In the seventh match of our Sweet 16 round in our Clash of the Classics tournament, it's Maurice vs. The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Author and artist Maurice Sendak died in Connecticut Tuesday morning after complications from a recent stroke. He was 83.Â
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The nation's oldest film festival, turning 60, honors James Ivory and spotlights social justice issues.
A video went viral of Maurice Willoughby being confronted in the streets about his relationship with a trans woman.
At the GLAAD Awards, Ivory notes the variety of people who love CMBYN and discusses how it carries the torch of 1987's Maurice.
Watch Stephen Colbert show amazement that Maurice Sendak, who is gay, can write books for children, and discuss removing penises from the pictures in Sendak's In the Night Kitchen.
Human Rights Watch's Hala Maurice Guindy tells how LGBTQ+ individuals face ongoing human rights abuses in the Middle East and North Africa due to the criminalization of same-sex relations. Laws may seem vague, but they are used to persecute and harass. How can we ensure genuine equality and protection for all members of the LGBTQ+ community?
Not every gay romance movie has to end with heartbreak.
Showtime's breakout hit series Nurse Jackie wasted no time in airing its first gay kiss, which took place during last week's season finale between Dr. Fitch Cooper (Peter Facinelli) and gay nurse Mohammed "Mo-Mo" De La Cruz (Haaz Sleiman, who also appeared in out writer-director Maurice Jamal's 2004 urban gay romantic comedy The Ski Trip).
A constitutional challenge is filed against the 1864 Offenses Against the Person Act, which is seen as the basis for much of the nation's notorious homophobia.