In recent years, TV shows have started to explicitly state a character’s sexuality. But bisexual characters rarely have such moments in film.
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Despite harsh laws, a growing number of African countries are representing queer life in their cinema.
Like other recent queer rom-coms that pitched to the mainstream, Red, White & Royal Blue explains gay contexts to non-queer audiences.
The hard-won legal rights for LGBT+ people have slowly shifted some public perceptions and begun to filter through into the media around us.
His books bring north Africa into conversation with sub-Saharan Africa about lived queer experiences.
Bros star and creator Billy Eichner blamed the poor box-office showing on “straight people” who “just didn’t show up”.
New York’s tiny Fire Island, featured in the new rom-com film of the same name, has a long history as a haven for gay people.
More than 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, the re-release of the East German film ‘Coming Out’ reminds us that protecting minority populations’ rights is every society’s responsibility.
The timely re-release of ‘Working Girls’ by Lizzie Borden brings sex work into the public eye as activists in Canada prepare for another Supreme Court challenge to laws criminalizing commercial sex.
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PhD Candidate, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in Film and Creative Writing, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor, Department of English, Creative Writing and Film, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Religion and African Studies, University of Leeds
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PhD Student, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor of German and Nordic Studies, University of British Columbia
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University
