Word: lesbian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...queer cinema movement--which began among independent filmmakers in the early 1990s and was introduced at the Sundance Film Festival in 1992--differs from traditional gay and lesbian cinema by treating sexuality and other issues with increased complexity...
Endorsements from the Cambridge Chronicle and the Boston Phoenix, as well as political groups like the Cambridge Lavender Alliance-a gay and lesbian group-and the state chapter of the National Organization for Women helped boost Barrios's profile...
Case in point: The race's only openly gaycandidate, former State Representative Susan M.Tracey, failed to garner the endorsement of theGay and Lesbian Political Alliance ofMassachusetts, and was the target of a damningshrug-off by the major gay newspapers. Instead,they endorsed former radio personality, MarjorieO'Neill Clapprood...
...reach of either of these genres--happy-gay or sad-gay--is limited. They appeal to people who are open to gays and to modestly experimental films. Jenni Olson, whose PopcornQ website compiles data on gay and lesbian movies, warns against expecting one with Titanic or even Full Monty box office. "They can cross over to a straight art-house audience," she says. "We're not talking about an 'Oh, let's take the kids to a gay movie' crossover." The point isn't that everyone needs to see these films. It is that "out" films are finally and fully...
...lesbian who was involved with Fundamentalist churches for 20 years, I can tell you that when members of these churches say that being gay can be cured by submission to Jesus Christ, they are deceiving themselves as well as others. My ex-husband, who is also gay, and I are out of the closet and finally happy and at peace with ourselves. Our attempts to let God "heal" us led only to depression, suicidality and infidelity. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Bloomfield, Conn...