Tickets to the Opening Night Screening + Party for FIRE ISLAND and All-Access Passes to NewFest Pride are on sale now Submissions for NewFests 34th edition of The New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival are now. Well, here’s a short overview of personal favorites within gay cinema of the 2010’s, followed by some anticipated LGBT-themed films in 2016. NewFest Pride will kick off Pride month from June 2-6 with brand new feature films and television series, filmmaker Q&A’s, and social events. The former an instant classic, the latter a drag. Two French queer films, albeit totally different from one another, which gained quite some attention and praise. It lurked in the shadow of La Vie d’Adele, which shook the earth by showing a tumultuous lesbian love affair in all its aspects. What surprised me even more was that it didn’t stir up any controversy when it was first shown at the Cannes festival last year. L’inconnu du Lac received much critical acclaim ( also by other The Filmtransition staff members), which surprised me, to say the least: it’s likely one the most overrated (rest of and dull films I have seen in a while. When French gay thriller L’inconnu du Lac was released in Dutch cinemas it made me come up with a list of the best LGBT films I’ve seen this decade. But since everyone’s doing it… these are the most interesting, gripping, funny movies that are in some way ‘gay-themed’. Defining movies as ‘LGBT’ or ‘gay-themed’ is in fact a bit stupid, as it has nothing to do with a genre at all.
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“Our members are affected by this approach, some of whom are LGBT+, it creates a discriminatory environment for them. “It’s a very concerning precedent for LGBT rights and representation in schools, and for our members,” Mr Friend said. Mediation by the Acas arbitration service began at the school on Wednesday, but so far there has not been a breakthrough. The NEU are demanding that Mr Green’s visit is rescheduled, and that the sacked governors are reinstated. “Unfortunately, we’re in a position where we’ve having to take action today because we’ve been given no meaningful agreement or assurances that any remedy is going to be given to our asks,” he said. John Friend, London regional officer for the NEU, said the strike reflected “the strength of feeling from our membership”. “We’re fighting for inclusive education and against what we view as a complete overreaction that didn’t consider the impact on the John Fisher community, that didn’t consider the effect on our students.”Ī number of the school’s sixth formers joined staff on the picket line, with one pupil arriving to hand out sweets to his teachers. “Staff have been shocked, horrified, by the decision that was made that has caused so much disruption and hurt to our community, to our LGBT staff and students,” they said. |
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