Queer Clicks: January 18, 2017 | Pioneering Photographs of Gay Life in the 1960s, Lemony Snicket Has The Gay TV Villains We’ve Been Waiting For, & Other News

Divine, The Palace Theater, San Francisco, 1972

Pioneering Photographs of Gay Life in the 1960s

“In 1969, the same year as the Stonewall riots in New York City, a gay cultural revolution was growing in America. At the time, most depictions of gay men and women in mainstream media were found in salacious newspaper and tabloid articles, all of them reported from a murky distance. LIFE’s two-part series Homosexuality in America from 1964, featured dark and shadowy photographs by Bill Eppridge. They capture a dark tension and fear that Friedkin’s work moves past with a tender intimacy.” Time

Lemony Snicket Has The Gay TV Villains We’ve Been Waiting For

“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, based on the popular children’s books by Daniel Handler, has been a hit with critics for its striking visuals and strange storylines.

Unlike conventional productions in the family-friendly genre, the series has no happy endings. Evil characters do not always get what they deserve, and neither do the good. And the Netflix series is also notable and unique for its LGBT visibility.” Advocate

Cheesy Music Video Proves You Can’t Pray The Gay Away

” ‘There are some matters where we would be better servants of the Lord by accepting what he is and not bothering him! Come on!’

So-called conversion therapy is far from a laughing matter.

But that doesn’t mean anti-‘gay cure’ therapy songs can’t be funny.” Gay Star News

Dale Cooper Returns in Mysterious New Twin Peaks Teaser

“If you’re hoping for new Twin Peaks teasers to actually provide any insight into the story of the forthcoming limited series, you don’t know your Twin Peaks very well.” Out