“Judas Kiss:” The New New-Queer Cinema

BY VICTOR HOFF   In general, the history of queer cinema reads like a never-ending saga of homophobia: murderers (“Rope,” 1948), psychopaths (“The Fan,” 1980), both (“Cruising,” 1981), limp-wristed pansies (“Partners,” 1982), manic depressives (“The Children’s Hour,” 1961) and just about every other pathology one can evoke. Hollywood was unapologetic in its cruel depictions of…

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The City: Top to Bottom

thursday, feb. 2 Hydrodynamica: Remember the Future An exhibition of original Bob Simmons planning hulls and related surfboards, objects, photographs and film clips. Simmons’ application of aerodynamic principles and his early use of composite construction processes in surfboard building from 1947-1954 parallels California’s post war modern design movement and was profoundly influential in the birth…

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Maryland First Lady issues apology for calling gay marriage opponents ‘cowards’

Katie O’Malley, wife of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, says she regrets calling opponents of gay marriage “cowards” in light of the failed marriage equality bill which did not succeed through the state’s legislature last year. O’Malley made the comments Thursday evening in opening statements at the 24th National Conference of LGBT Equality: Creating Change in…

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