In the last few years drag queens have never been as visible or more divisive. They are attacked by certain parts of the trans* community, as well as gay men who feel they belong to a past era when gay visibility was largely trapped in the camper end of the spectrum.
Nevertheless, there’s been a resurgence in interest in the artform, with many performers finding success and taking drag to new places that range from the arch and acerbic to full-on performance art. Indeed, despite the fact some don’t like them, drag artists have become one of the most interesting and challenging parts of the LGBT community, in a very post-modern way.
This Is Drag is a 60-minute Canadian documentary which takes ‘an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at performance, glamor, fame, family, love and sacrifice as some of the world’s most renowned drag queens come together for World Pride in Toronto. Starring Bianca Del Rio, Adore Delano, Courtney Act, Darienne Lake, Alyssa Edwards, Shangela.’
The trailer for the doc has been released and you can take a look at it below. [Read more…]
Australia is planning to take gay-inclusive TV shows to school with Subject To Change, which has released a trailer for the pilot episode, which will be the first of 13 promised 30-minute episodes.
Back in the past before attitudes towards homosexuality started loosening in many countries, there were two choices for guys who knew they were mainly attracted to other men – become a ‘confirmed bachelor’ or marry a woman anyway. While the latter is now much rarer, in some circumstances it still happens and as the upcoming TLD special, ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’ shows, sometimes the women involved are well aware of their hubby’s predelictions.
As announced a while ago, Queer As Folk creator Russell T. Davies is returning to the world of gay-themed TV, and he’s doing it in style with three different shows – Cucumber, Banana and Tofu.
It’s not too long now until we get to return to the San Francisco world of Patrick (Jonathan Groff) and his friends, and now we get to take our first proper look with a full length trailer, which shows us the boys are going on a trip together and there’s still plenty of emotional heartache to deal with.
It easy to see the battle over gay rights in the West as being between LGBT people and the Christian Church. However, that’s to ignore the fact many Christians believe in gay rights, and nor does it really deal with what the bible or even the major denominations say about homosexuality (despite what you may think, the Catholic Church’s official position is that being gay is fine, it’s just homosexual acts they have an issue with – which is admittedly extremely problematic).
It’s not 100% clear whether the film version of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks will retain the full LGBT themes of the play it’s based on, but with Cheyenne Jackson as one of the co-leads and gay icons such as Rita Moreno in the cast, it’s probably going to be worth a look either way. The trailer certainly makes it seems fun.
In the last couple of years Travis Mathews has gained a lot of attention for 
From Robin Campillo the celebrated writer of Palm d’Or winner The Class and creator of The Returned, comes his highly acclaimed second dramatic feature film, the thriller Eastern Boys. Peccadillo Pictures releases the film in the UK on December 5th, so it’s the perfect time to take a look at the trailer.
Upstairs Inferno has been in the works for a while know, and know we can get a fresh look at this documentary that looks at one of the most terrible – yet little known – events in LGBT history. The new teaser comes just as the film’s latest crowdfunding effort raised much of money it needs to cover the exorbitant licensing fees for historical newspaper photographs and newsreels.