Queer Clicks: February 16, 2017 | The Tragic Lessons Of Cinema’s First Gay Love Story, People Like Us – A New Series About Gay Men In Singapore, & Other News

photographer: Taco Smit

The Tragic Lessons Of Cinema’s First Gay Love Story

“There is only one hopeful scene in “Different from the Others,” a silent picture from 1919 that is widely considered the first feature film about gay love. In it, a gaunt, handsome man plays the piano in his Berlin drawing room. He is Paul Körner, a violin virtuoso, and, in his silk housecoat, surrounded by heavy drapery and Grecian statuettes, he appears to live a life that is resplendent but lonely. Then an unlikely event sets him on a new course: a young music student has come calling. Kurt Sivers, round-faced, excitable, has seen all of Paul’s concerts, and he approaches the master nervously, hands clutched to his chest.” The New Yorker

People Like Us – A New Series About Gay Men In Singapore

“Filmmaker Leon Cheo has released the first season of new web series People Like Us.

The first season follows the lives of Joel, Ridzwan, Rai and Isaac – four gay men, living in Singapore, whose lives become interconnected.

It’s a compelling look into gay life in Singapore – a city-state where being gay is illegal, even though the laws are rarely enforced.” Gay Star News

Behind the Power-Play & Psychology of Fetish Photography

“Taco Smit was biking through Amsterdam when he spotted a woman on a yellow bicycle, carrying so many flowers she looked like she was riding on a flying garden.

He raced over to her and asked if he could borrow the bike and the flowers; and that’s how, a few days later, he created what would become an award-winning image of a gruff leatherman in shiny fetish gear pushing a floral bike down a brick-paved alley.” Out

Queer Appalachia Says Y’all = All (Photos)

“Feisty politics meet down home aesthetics at Queer Appalachia. If you live in one of the big cities, you may be feeling, dread, fear, and disgust at the state of the union. Now set a spell and think about being a queer person in the rural South and what that’s like. These people kick shit. And they do it with heart-warming humor and a unique perspective.” Advocate