Community
And which communities do you belong to? You can find diverse and varied perspectives on gay/queer communities here.
In the barren and archaic Yorkshire landscape, there is nothing but wind, rain and lots of sheep. Not exactly a place where you would want to end up as a gay man. And yet one of the truest and most touching love stories of this film year is set here.
In his debut novel "Guapa", Saleem Haddad tells the story of the life of a young Arab gay man caught between revolution and resignation, shame and self-assertion.
Sascha is 42, single, gay and has been the father of a girl for six months who is growing up with two lesbian mothers. In this interview, the commercial employee explains how he found his perfect rainbow family - and the prejudices that some gays have about this model.
What makes Berlin so attractive and appealing to LGBT people beyond its borders did not develop overnight. In his new film "My wonderful West Berlin", Jochen Hick shows what life was like for gays in the divided city after the end of the war.
You also have to get used to freedom first. For example, "just being me. Without a disguise". In Lithuania, Algis was used to following certain rules: "You can't talk about everything. Sometimes you have to avoid your friends."
In his new novel "The Gifts of Beauty", Edmund White tells the story of the life of a gay supermodel caught between the promises of the fashion world and the threat of the emerging AIDS crisis.
In my opinion, in recent years the reports about trans* people in the media have been too focussed on the physical. In the end, trans* people were even followed on camera onto the operating table to show how and what genital surgery is performed. I don't see any enrichment for cis people in this. It merely serves a base sensationalism rather than genuine enlightenment.
How two men lead a partnership and have sex is seemingly clear. But when one is trans*, the other often has a lot of questions. Till (32) knows what many gay cis men think when it comes to trans* men. Two of his ex-boyfriends are trans*.
Too small, too thin, too old, too little hair on the chest: rejections can have many reasons. But how does a trans* man deal with rejection? Where do you draw the line at discrimination? We conducted an interview with Alexander to find out.
