Showing posts with label homosexuality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homosexuality. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Pink Triangles: Homosexuals Facing Nazism

Oct 2, 2026 | Based on the latest historical research and recently discovered archives, this film retraces the journey of men and women persecuted by the Third Reich because of their sexual orientation.

Resetting the social and political context of the 1920s, when European society still "tolerated" homosexuality, this documentary details the mechanisms of repression led by the Nazi regime against this particular group and the horror of the concentration camps as told by those who experienced it first hand.



TW: This documentary is suitable neither for the faint-hearted nor for minors. — Mark

It is so, so sad that people have had to suffer and have to go on suffering in so many countries simply for being attracted to and loving another person of the same sex. And, unfortunately, in these troubling times in which the far-right is growing in strength, I detect that this intolerance and rejection is growing anew. It is to be hoped that western governments will be strong enough to stand up to these dark, unenlightened, and bigoted forces. — © Mark Alexander

Friday, October 02, 2026

Christopher Isherwood: The Gay Writer Behind Cabaret and His Search for Love

Sep 24, 2026 | Long before the musical *Cabaret*, British author Christopher Isherwood navigated 1930s Berlin as a gay writer fleeing the Nazi regime to protect his partner. This documentary explores the real history behind *The Berlin Stories*, his life in exile, and his relationship with artist Don Bachardy.

Saturday, September 26, 2026

LGBTQ in Albania: A Life Lived in Hiding

Sep 24, 2026 | Up until the mid-90s, if you were openly gay in Albania, you would be sent to prison. Many homosexuals still face bigotry and violence, even in their own homes.

In the last five years, Albania has seen a dynamic LGBTQ movement. Gay activists have created secret guest houses in Tirana that offer shelter to young homosexuals who have been brutally abused.

We travelled to Albania and recorded rare glimpses into the lives of people who have been victimized and neglected because of their sexual orientation in one of Europe's most homophobic countries.

This documentary was produced by VICE Media and directed by Nina Foufa. It was first released in 2015.


Friday, September 25, 2026

‘You Should Be In Prison’: Ghana MP on Gay People and Allies | BBC News | Reupload

Aug 14, 2026 | In May, Ghana’s parliament approved a new bill criminalising homosexuality and the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities. It proposes that identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer be punished by up to three years' imprisonment. One of the bill’s co-authors, Emmanuel Bedzrah, spoke to the BBC’s religion editor Aleem Maqbool about it.


How benighted the government of Ghana is! Ignorant and benighted. — © Mark Alexander

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Tchaikovsky: The Gay Secret Behind Russia’s Greatest Composer

Sep 13, 2026 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky became one of the greatest composers in history — the genius behind Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, and some of the most emotional music ever written. But behind his worldwide fame was a deeply private struggle. In 19th-century Russia, where social expectations and strict traditions shaped every aspect of life, Tchaikovsky was forced to hide a personal truth that followed him throughout his career.

Monday, September 07, 2026

The Republican Party's Long History of Hidden Hypocrisy | Steve Schmidt and Jennifer Welch

Sep 7, 2026 | Steve Schmidt exposes the Republican Party's long history of closeted men climbing to the highest levels of power. They break down the decades of hypocrisy and why the intolerance is a national security risk.

Sunday, August 16, 2026

LGBTQ Journalist Takes on Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson | Secular Spotlight

Aug 12, 2026 | FFRF’s Nancy Noet and Matt Kenyon speak with Spencer Macnaughton, editor-in-chief of Uncloseted Media, about his revealing interview with Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson, whose extremist views on LGBTQ+ rights, women, marriage and the role of religion in government have gained greater visibility through his ties to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. They examine Wilson’s support for patriarchal rule and disturbing views on homosexuality and marital rape, and discuss the growing normalization of Christian nationalist rhetoric in American politics.

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

How Episcopalians Think about LGBTQ+ People & the Bible

Feb 8, 2026 | Fr. Chris Cole, Priest-in-Charge at Saint Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, reflects on how Episcopalians read scripture, approach LGBTQ+ inclusion, and understand the Bible in today’s world.


This is one of the finest and clearest talks about homosexuality in Christianity I have ever heard. It is full of common sense, too. It’s a pleasure to listen to this priest’s message. — © Mark Alexander

Friday, August 07, 2026

Wednesday, August 05, 2026

Gay Lives in Straight Marriages | Dr. Jallen Rix

Dec 13, 2023 | Dr. Jallen Rix discusses the lives of LGBTQ people who navigated heterosexual relationships under societal pressure.

Sunday, August 02, 2026

Dubai for Gay Expats: What the Golden Visa Ads Don’t Tell You

July 28, 2026 | Dubai is aggressively attracting expats, entrepreneurs and remote workers with low taxes, luxury living and long-term residency options.

But there’s one rather important question if you’re gay: What would your life there actually look like? 🇦🇪🏳️‍🌈

The UAE’s Golden Visa and other residency programs can make Dubai look incredibly attractive on paper. But financial freedom and personal freedom aren’t necessarily the same thing.

In this video, I look beyond the glossy Dubai marketing to examine what LGBTQ+ expats should understand before considering a move to the UAE.


Friday, July 31, 2026

What the Berlin Pride Attack Reveals about Radicalization | DW News

July 31, 2026 | After the deadly attack against Berlin's CSD, former Salafist and Muslim queer activist Tugay Saraç explains how Islamist extremist groups recruit young people and how a Pride event becomes a target.

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

MAGA Hosts Humiliated after Closeted Gay Scandal Goes Vital

July 29, 2026


Very strong language alert! Not for the faint-hearted! 😊 America is full to bursting with ignorant, hypocritical people, especially on the fundamentalist Christian right. 😊

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Homosexuality: The Underside of Conversion Therapies | Full Documentary

Nov 18, 2023 | Accepting one’s homosexuality for an American today ought to be simple? And yet, it is not so straightforward! 700,000 young people in the United States have already undergone so-called conversion therapies, intended to "cure" their homosexuality.

Run by religious or pseudo-scientific communities, these therapies promise to fix a supposedly "deviant sexual orientation" and to change a person’s inner identity.

Through social, familial, and religious pressure, Mathew, Jordan, and Lucas all signed up for these therapies and went through hell: Isolation, sequestration, humiliation, food deprivation, physical and psychological violence.

Today, a political combat is underway to halt these therapies and to acknowledge the victims. This is likely to be a long process, given that such practices are still allowed in 41 states and have the backing of the Trump administration.

Documentary: YOU'LL BE STRAIGHT
Directed by: Caroline Benarrosh
Production: Tohubohu for France Télévisions



The world is FULL of IGNORANT, UNENLIGHTENED PEOPLE, and America has more than its fair share of them! In America, chief among them is the Ignoramus -in-Chief! — © Mark Alexander

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Homosexuality vs. Homosociality | Yesterqueers

July 24, 2026 | Hunter Biden really needs to stop talking about closeted gay politicians. Accusing lawmakers of being closeted implies that queer people are the architects of our own oppression, and it greatly misunderstands the difference between men who are homosexual and men who are homosocial.

Friday, July 24, 2026

Racy Short Story by Alan Turing Offers Glimpse of ‘Playful, Funny, Cheeky’ Side

This screenshot has been taken from this Guardian article. | Alan Turing is considered the father of modern computing. Photograph: GL Archive/Alamy

THE GUARDIAN: Writing from year after gross indecency arrest challenges ‘isolated mathematician’ image, says Cambridge academic

When people think of Alan Turing, they might imagine he was arrogant, isolated, humourless, tortured. A better way of remembering the father of modern computing would be, an academic argues, as “playful, funny, cheeky, literary, and someone who really liked sex”.

The Cambridge University English literature professor Sarah Dillon has transcribed and studied a little-known short story that Turing wrote in the year after his arrest in Manchester for gross indecency.

Her conclusion challenges the popular understanding of Turing as an “isolated mathematician”. The short story, she said, shone light on a man who loved literature, was enjoying life and was not ashamed of his sexuality.

“I hope it will go some way towards resetting the narrative around Turing,” she said. “We think we know this figure and we don’t. There was more to him than is popularly believed.” » | Mark Brown | North of England correspondent | Friday, July 24, 2026

‘Hand Jobs, Oral Sex and Anal’: Pete Hegseth's Pastor Wants Gay Men Prosecuted for These Acts

July 21, 2026 | In February, Doug Wilson made headlines after giving a sermon at the Pentagon as part of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s monthly Christian worship service. Wilson, the lead pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, holds a number of controversial views: He believes the U.S. should become a Christian theocracy, married women shouldn’t have the right to vote and gay sex should be illegal.

In his first interview with an LGBTQ publication, Wilson talks about his connections to Hegseth and others in the Trump administration. He estimates that 10 to 20 people in the government are aligned with his radical ideology. He explains that he thinks trans people are “sad,” certain elements of his idea of “homosexual behavior” should be punished by execution and in certain cases of marital rape, both parties should be disciplined.



The very dangerous Doug Wilson is full of BS! He needs to be driven back under the rock he came out from. — © Mark Alexander