LGBTQ+ Month

"Frances is bisexual," Bobbi (Sasha Lane) exclaims, unprompted while grilling Nick (Joe Alwyn), an actor, about his character’s sexuality in a play. “Don’t you feel a bit conflicted… you’re playing a gay character and you’re a straight man.

It was a film, Boys Don’t Cry by Kimberly Peirce (1999) that dramatized a tragic real-life story of a boy in the body of a girl long before most of the population even was aware of the term “transgender”. It was a film, Philadelphia by Jonathan Demme, (1993) that evoked deep sympathy and compassion for a loving couple of two men, one of them dying of AIDS.

For the past century, LGTBQ+ themed has been part of Spanish and Latin American cinema, addressing sexual diversity as a central focus. On the one hand, condemning homophobia and discrimination that is still present in the lives of many people and, on the other hand, proposing crucial turning points in the process toward tolerance and inclusion.

Belgian documentary filmmaker Michiel Thomas (36), born and raised in a tiny cozy village called Neerpelt, is currently touring the international film festival circuit with his new feature documentary Gemmel & Tim. This intimate true crime drama explores the lives and untimely passings of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean, two gay Black men who in 2017 and 2019 respectively died from meth overdoses at the home of West Hollywood politico Ed Buck.

Andy Warhol was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh to immigrant Slavic parents. As a child, he caught a nervous system disease called Sydenham’s Chorea, which may have been the cause of his skin blotchiness.

The LGBTQ community has made such a contribution to the entertainment industry and always adds a level of glamour and artistry. We break down what makes these stars imminently watchable.

In March, Golden Globe winner Michaela Jaé Rodriguez sat down with HFPA member Elisabeth Sereda for an exclusive interview. The first Golden Globe for a trans actress shared her thoughts about being who she is, how she got there, and where her career would take her.