Queer Clicks: February 23, 2017 | Video: How SF Is (And Is Not) A Queer Safe Space, ‘When We Rise’ Chronicles Gay History, & Other News
Religious Right Blasts Lego Batman for ‘Pro-Gay Propaganda’
“Holy gay propaganda, Batman!
The editor in chief of LifeSiteNews, John-Henry Westen, is accusing the new film The Lego Batman Movie of seeking to “indoctrinate the little ones” to the gay agenda.” Advocate
Video: How SF Is (And Is Not) A Queer Safe Space
“San Francisco is a city that is so queer it’s easy to forget that, not long ago, it wasn’t a safe place to be queer.” So says filmmaker Heather Smith, who along with KQED producer Claudia Escobar has just put out this short, a co-production between KQED Arts and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, using footage from Smith’s film That They — a film which was inspired by seminal gay porn film That Boy by Peter Berlin.” SFist
OUTsider Review: Queer Animation
“Queer Animation, a short film collection curated by Judith Foster, left the audience amazed and inspired at Sunday’s screening on the last day of the 2017 OUTsider Festival.
The showcase, co-sponsored by Austin Film Society, featured 13 films from various countries, including Japan, Israel, and Germany – each sharing multicultural perspectives on the meaning of queerness.” Austin Chronicle
‘When We Rise’ Chronicles Gay History
“Starting Feb. 27, ABC will begin airing “When We Rise,” a seven-part, eight-hour miniseries about the history of the gay rights movement, written and created by prominent gay filmmaker, Dustin Lance Black.
“I started working on this about four years ago, and never would have guessed it would land in times like these where unfortunately, it feels so necessary,” Black says. “I would give anything in the world for it to feel less necessary.” Washington Blade
Straight Guys Confess Their Same-Sex Sexual Encounters In Candid New Study
“Can a guy identify as straight while still hooking up with other guys from time to time? According to another new study: Yes!
The study was published in the journal Sexualities and was led by Héctor Carrillo and Amanda Hoffman from Northwestern University. They interviewed a total of 100 straight-identifying men of various ages who say they occasionally have sex with other men.” Queerty
