‘Pink Narcissus’ Reasserts Queer Identity in the Face of Repression

‘Pink Narcissus’ reasserts queer identity in the face of repression

Back in 1963, there really wasn’t such a thing as “Queer Cinema.” Of course there had been plenty of movies made by queer people, even inside Hollywood’s tightly regulated studio system; artists like George Cukor and Vincente Minnelli brought a queer eye and sensibility to their work, even if they couldn’t come right out and say so, and became fluent in a “coded” language of filmmaking that could be deciphered by audience members “in the know,” …

In Bavaria, too, the number of anti-queer attacks has increased again, showing new figures from the advisory centre "Strong!". At the presentation, the employees did not appear with full names. (Politics - Germany)