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LGBTQ movies of 2016 you probably didn’t know existed.
SO!
If you guys don’t already follow The Advocate I highly recommend it (not the Georgia Newspaper, the LGBTQ magazine).
Anyway they posted this fantastic article with LGBTQ films that are out and about in from 2016 that may or may not have made it onto popular media. Enjoy!
http://www.advocate.com/film/2016/12/22/12-best-lgbt-films-2016
Trump Resistance Resource
Hey all!
So I am really sorry I haven’t been on for a while, but I live in the States, I’m trans and bi and needless to say this month has been absolute hell and I totally forgot I had a tumblr blog.
ANYWAY In my wonderings around the internet and frenzied search for legal information I stumbled across this beauty of a website:
It’s a calendar of all the anti-Trump rallies across the country.
https://www.resistancecalendar.org/
You can search your specific State for state specific protests.
Go to one if you can.
Stay strong. Rowan.
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The ICE has been conducting an increasing number of raids and arrests. Please spread the word for anyone potentially in need.
In case anyone needs it. If you do, my heart extends out to you. America is hell right now.
The Boy Scouts Just Announced They Will Allow Transgender Boys To Join Read more: (x)
Aerial views of Women’s Marches from different cities all over the country.
See more coverage of the Women’s March.
Absolute incredible thing happening here in the States today. I support all the women who marched today, and I just have to say thank you for being brave and taking a stand for your rights and your future. An incredible group of human beings!!
PSA
y’all
need
to
read
Shimanami Tasogare
It is an amazing manga with an almost entirely LGBT+ cast and talks a lot about gender identity, sexuality and troubles faced by those within the LGBT+ community (especially for younger members). Also it is fucking BEAUTIFUL.
Kamatani Yuuki’s use of imagery and visual metaphors never fails to take my breath away.
Please just read the damn manga.
Haven’t read this, but it looks good!
Friday Film
Hallo!
Sorry about being a day late. The long and short of it is the American Inauguration and I forgot my password and didn’t see the little “forgot your password” link under the login until about fifteen minutes ago.
ANYWHO. Today I’m gonna mention my partner’s favorite film: Imagine Me and You.
Just a heads up, this might be a difficult watch for you if you watch Game of Thrones because one of the actresses in this movie is in Game of Thrones and the characters could not be more opposite.
Basically it’s about this woman who decides to get married to this man, but winds up falling in love with her florist.
It’s fun and fluffy and last I checked on Netflix.
I swear I smile so much every time I watch this film. No more dead gays, and for once lesbians aren’t treated as sex symbols.
Seriously, cuddle up with a kitten, some tea, and a soft blanket and just smile for a couple of hours.
Stay strong everyone!
Friday the 13th film
I really would love to do a review of Moonlight this week, except for the tiny fact I have not seen the whole thing yet *bows head in shame*
I fully intend to write a review of it the day I see it. I promise. I just live in a very small town with a very small movie theatre that usually doesn’t show these kinds of films *dies*
And so. This week. We’re going to do a more light hearted film which could stand a wider viewer ship:
Deadpool.
Basically, I just want to say this one of the best representations of the LGBTQIA community I’ve ever seen. Yes, Deadpool the superhero does go off in search of his girlfriend, but as a proud member of the bisexual community, I can so solemnly swear that does NOT invalidate his sexuality (which is cannon).
Ryan Reynolds, who was nominated for a golden globe for the character, plays a man who is diagnosed with cancer. Desperate for treatment, he cuts off ties with his former life and signs onto a really sketchy experimental place that the long and short of it is turns him into a superhero. After he gets out, he goes on a revenge hunt and kidnapping search party to right his wrongs and obtain his goals.
Which don’t always coincide with traditional goals. Of other superheroes. Who they really couldn’t afford to have in the movie *X men*
What’s so great about this representation is that Deadpool is his own man independent of his identity and the movie really drives that home.
Just like a straight audience doesn’t need to be told by a character “I’m straight” every five seconds and do traditionally “straight” things, so Deadpool couldn’t care less about what other people think of him, nor does he feel the need to constantly try to hammer the point home to the audience of his identity.
He’s literally a badass, wicked awesome character, who kicks butt and cracks punny, sarcastic, crude jokes while doing it. The point of the film is his goals as a person, his revenge on the man who distorted him, and getting back together with his girlfriend, not to fight for his identity. In this movie, it’s a non-issue. And it’s beautiful.
I am not trying to put words in other people’s mouths here, but when Steven Moffit talked about representation of the LGBT community, and how it needs to be done in such a way that there isn’t a conversation of “this person is gay, but they’re a perfectly normal person too,” that raises a question if it was ever okay in the first place, I can’t help but think that this movie does that amazingly well.
Deadpool just is. And he rocks. And there isn’t a question there. He’s just himself. He is a character who is who he is and has an amazing, hilarious movie to prove it.
What’s even better is that more than the LGBT community is interested in the film. People connect to the character because of his charming wit. People love him as a character who he is. This movie makes the empathetic jump of connecting people with unlike experiences together.
And that, my friends, is just beautiful.
Now get out there and have fun tonight :)
Stay strong everyone!
--Rowan
A complete list of the winners & nominees of the golden globes on their website for curiuos seekers. You might note Moonlight’s spot on the list!!!!!
MOONLIGHT WON BEST DRAMA AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES!
YALL
MOONLIGHT WON BEST DRAMA AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES! REPEAT! MOONLIGHT WON BEST DRAMA AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES!
YAS!
Weekly Book for January 9-15, 2017 is....
*drumroll*
The Waking Engine by David Edison.
*whispers* What? What do you say? What is this book?
Honestly, I would have never even known this book existed without browsing around at my local library like a snail whose lost its shell (as one does).
I zipped over to the fantasy section of the library (as one does), for a fantasy fix (as one does) and scanned through descriptions (as one does) when I chose this book (as one does).
Little did I know the protagonist turned out to be a lovely member of the LGBT community. Our hero is a bit blundering begins the journey as confused and stumbling, but eventually goes on an incredible arc to become a hero of sorts.
Tied up with numerous story lines, a genius setting, and imaginative characters (a few of which may be familiar to students of history), I would definitely give this book a run if you want a book featuring an LGBT character going on an arc relatively unrelated to LGBT issues. Essentially, this protagonist is a character who happens to be gay and gets thrown in on an magnificent plot.
Again, there are a TON of characters and plots in the book, but if that’s your kinda thing, I would definitely give this book a go.
Stay strong, and don’t forget to smile everyone -- Rowan.
You don’t get better on the days when you feel like going. You get better on the days when you don’t want to go, but you go anyway. If you can overcome the negative energy coming from your tired body or unmotivated mind, you will grow and become better. It won’t be the best workout you have, you won’t accomplish as much as what you usually do when you actually feel good, but that doesn’t matter. Growth is a long term game, and the crappy days are more important.
Georges St. Pierre, The Way of the Fight (via wordsnquotes)
Absolutely lovely quote. Couldn’t be more true. Stay strong!
Denmark is set to become the first country to no longer define being transgender as a mental illness. Government officials said classifying transgender people as mentally ill was “stigmatising” and they had “run out of patience” with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) work on the definition. Being transgender is officially considered a mental or behavioural disorder by the WHO, although the organisation is currently assessing its guidance.
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THIS IS A THING THAT IS HAPPENING ON THE PLANET. RIGHT NOW. CHECK IT OUT!
DENMARK NO LONGER CONSIDERS BEING TRANSGENDER A MENTAL ILLNESS!
So for every transgender person, binary, nonbinary, or ortherwise, keep up hope. It’s always hanging around somewhere.
Maybe, someday, sometime in the future, it can be like this everywhere. Without issues of access for individuals who desire to medically transition. Maybe one day people will realize bodies are simply bodies and identities are personal, and sometimes they match and sometimes they don’t and it should never affect how you treat another individual.
But this is a good first step, I think.
Keep strong and remember to smile :)
What are your thoughts on this?
How medical professionals categorize transgender people is controversial
A fairly encouraging article by Time Magazine. for anyone who needs it right now. Keep up. Stay strong everyone :)
Friday Films!
Carol (2015) is based on the book The Price of Salt. The film follows the lives of two women -- one, Carol, an upper-class mother in the throes of divorce, the other Therese, an aspiring photographer working at a department store. When the two women meet, attraction blossoms and romance ensues.
A fun detail in the movie (if you’re into this sort of thing), is following the presence of a green light. Used as a device to attack homophobia, a green light will frequently appear when either woman feels restrained due to fears of societal opinion. However, it does not appear when the women are happily joined together enjoying love as it was meant to be.
There’s loads of other details in the movie I could point out, but it might be funner to have a discussion about it instead. The first time I saw the film, I accidentally annoyed my partner pointing out all the subtle details in the movie like this (while the movie was going--not recommended) -- from the amount of clothing a character wears (representing varying levels of an emotional guard) to significance in the soundtrack, it’s one of those films that makes me believe that film truly is visual literature. Feel free to drop a line so we can discuss more details of the film. As ever, if you need help finding a copy I’m glad to help.
The film won six Academy awards (rightfully so) in 2015. Fingers crossed that the Academy will be wiling to give Moonlight similar recognition this year!
Come for the story and characters, and stay for the incredible cinematography that mirrors Therese’s own photography. A truly remarkable story wrapped in a package that looks like a MET quality photography exhibit, this film is worth your time!
Stay strong, fight on, and don’t forget to smile. :)
-Rowan
