Glee creator Ryan Murphy has called for a boycott of Newsweek magazine over an article which suggested gay actors cannot play straight roles.
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Belfast Pride launched!
Sunday, July 25th, 2010The 20th Belfast Pride was launched successfully last night in Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast. With hordes of priders there for the event, an enlightening and entertaining documentary ‘Pride, Sweat and Tears’ was launched (featuring, in part, yours truly ;P).
The documentary covered the history of Belfast Pride, and I was particularly impressed with some of the old footage from years gone by. With contributions from many members of the Pride committee past and present, as well as high-profile political leadership views from former Mayor and current MP for East Belfast Naomi Long, as well as current Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, the documentary covered all aspects of Pride, from the reasons, to the organisation, to the protestors, to the fun and events… it really is not to be missed!
It is getting a second showing on Tuesday at the Northstar Science Fiction Night Pride Event, which is at The Roost bar on Tuesday 27th, at 8pm, where you will also get to watch a science-fiction triple feature of Doctor Who, Star Trek: Voyager and Family Guy Star Wars!
Pride 2010 has begun!
Lesbian star Jane Lynch feared coming out
Saturday, July 10th, 2010Keep your eyes out for filming in Belfast!!!
Thursday, May 20th, 2010Boy George actor to star in film about gay author
Douglas Booth, the actor who starred in a BBC biopic of Boy George, has been lined up to appear in a film about A Single Man author Christopher Isherwood.
Booth, a 17-year-old Burberry model, played the Culture Club singer in Worried About The Boy and will play the role of a street cleaner who Isherwood has a brief relationship with.
Doctor Who actor Matt Smith, 27, is to play Isherwood in the film, titled Christopher And His Kind.
It began shooting in Belfast this week and tells the story of the authot as a young man who escapes his suffocating mother to move to Berlin in the 1930s.
The film is based on Isherwood’s memoirs of the same name.
Smith became the 11th Doctor Who last year, succeeding David Tennant.
Glee creator Ryan Murphy urges magazine snub
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Gay conversion therapy denounced on “House”, hit US tv show!
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010An episode of House (season 6 episode 19), aired on Monday in the US, with an interesting theme.
Those of you familiar with the show know the premise, the superdoc Gregory House gets a weird case, and he and his team try to solve the patient’s often confusing medical condition.
Spoilers follow.
Tags: conversion, ect, exgay, house, usa
FIT – Review
Friday, March 26th, 2010Hi guys,
As those who attended monday’s workshop, previously, you will remember that, we where treated to a stonewall production , named FIT. For those who did not attend, I hope you will forgive me for giving a rather brief description.
The film dealt mainly with how students at school,percieve and stereotype, what “being gay” actually is, and therefore deals with the negative attiutdes, that still exsist in many schools across the United Kingdom today, despite the many changes which have taken place for LGBT rights.
To the theatre, darling!
Friday, March 19th, 2010SPRING!
Less spending on oil, gas and plumbing repairs…more on queer artsy goodness, woo hoo! Here’s some great LGBT cinema and theatre coming your way in the next month…
Check out CROOKED, a new lesbian-themed play by Queen’s University Drama students
Brian Friel Theatre (QFT Building)
23rd-25th March 7.30pm £6/£4
“CROOKED takes an intimate look at sexual identity and acceptance, in a bittersweet comedy that highlights how vulnerable we are at the hands of others.
Laney Waters has just moved to Mississippi with her mother, Elise. The fourteen-year-old suffers from dystonia, a condition which causes the muscles in her back to seize up. At a crucial point of adolescence, Laney’s condition isolates her from those at her new school and she seeks refuge in the sanctuary of the short stories she writes.
Enter the impressionable, overweight sixteen-year-old Maribel Purdy, the daughter of a Holiness Church Preacher. She is also cut off from her peers due to her weight and her extreme and alienating openness about her religious beliefs. The girls quickly strike up a strong friendship and teach each other new lessons in life, redemption and love…”Group bookings of 10 or more people will be offered the concessions price of £4 when they book by calling the booking line on 02890 971382 and quoting “CROOKED SPECIAL GROUP OFFER”.
Further details and booking at www.brianfrieltheatre.co.uk
The 10th Belfast Film Festival kicks off in April (15th-30th) with some highly anticipated films in the Same Sex Cinema strand…
We’ll finally get to see the very brilliant I Killed My Mother (J’ai Tue Ma Mere), a film that was originally scheduled for OUTBURST ’09 but unfortunately had to be replaced at the last minute. Alternating between hilarity and horror, it’s tale of a young gay man coming of age while struggling with his tortured relationship with his mother.
Also highly recommended is City of Borders, a powerful documentary that follows the daily lives of five Israeli and Palestinian LGBT people as they navigate the minefield of politics, religion and discrimination to live and love openly. It’s very moving and the parallels to Belfast are uncanny at times.
You’d be mad (mad!) to miss the wonderful Topp Twins – Untouchable Girls, a film about New Zealand’s national-treasure-lesbian-comedic-singing-duo. Every country should have one.
For full details and bookings, see the Same Sex Cinema strand at www.belfastfilmfestival.org
Don’t go changin’….
love from
OUTBURST x
Tags: belfast film festival, coming out, film, homophobia, lgbt, queen's university belfast
Lady Gaga ft Beyonce ‘Telephone’
Sunday, March 14th, 2010OK, so after seeing Lady Gaga in concert I was looking forward to seeing her latest video featuring Beyonce. I have to say it is in summary a good music video, all be it a little long, coming in at just under 10 minutes.
It shows Lady Gaga in prison (maybe for the murder she committed in her paparazzi video?). There is a comment from the prison wardens about her lack of ‘penis’ and after a few more shots and a phone call from Beyonce the song begins (3 minutes into the video). It then shows Beyonce bailing out Lady Gaga and then they pull up to a typical American diner, where Beyonce places poison in a guys coffee. After that it shows Lady Gaga poisoning his food, and the food of everyone in the diner. After they all die the duo dance and then run off in the ‘pussy wagon’.
There are several adverts in the video for Virgin Mobile, plentyoffish.com and Coca Cola. However the story of the video is actually quite good and entertaining.
Maybe there is some truth behind Lady Gaga’s bankruptcy rumour, as most of her costumes in the video are recycled from her current tour.
You can check the video out yourself on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ95z6ywcBY
So in conclusion, was the video worth the wait and hype? Well i think yes, although it could have been a bit shorter.
Tags: beyonce, lady gaga, music video, telephone
I Love You Phillip Morris
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Well I was lucky enough to get the chance at an advance screening of this gay-themed film, so that I could review it for the website. As I know how annoying it is for someone to tell you ANYTHING about a film before you see it, if you don’t wanna know, then don’t click ‘read more’ below :P
Tags: comedy, ewan mcgregor, film, film review, gay-themed, i love you phillip morris, jim carrey, romance
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