The LGBTQIA-community

[Silvermoth]

Yeah, great to see more Asian countries getting marriage equality. Hopefully Japan next

[The Invincible Beawulf]

"He’s a charming occult investigator, worldwide celebrity, and full-time vampire, as well as one of the first openly gay characters in British comics. But what else do we need to know about Devlin Waugh?"

https://2000ad.com/news/who-is-devli...eid=6f32ab617f

[Catlady in training]

Greece legalises same-sex marriage and adoption in ‘historic moment of joy’

[CaptainEurope]

This is impressive: The coach of Austria's national soccer team has kicked three players out for their homophobic chanting after their team, Rapid Wien, had beaten the other team from Vienna.

Story in German: https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=48789

[The Invincible Beawulf]

"Internationally famed director Kitano Takeshi is back with his new samurai epic, Kubi. The violent, darkly funny film has some surprises in store for viewers."

[Joy Boy]

That looks pretty good. I remember liking Ôshima's Gohatto (1999), which pissed off Japanese conservatives at the time. Unfortunately, there's very few depictions of homosexuality among samurai in media even though it was very common.

[The Invincible Beawulf]

That looks pretty good. I remember liking Ôshima's Gohatto (1999), which pissed off Japanese conservatives at the time. Unfortunately, there's very few depictions of homosexuality among samurai in media even though it was very common.

Yeah, Taboo/Gohatto immediately came to my mind! (Also how surprising that Beat Takeshi is one of the main characters in that movie, as in Kubi.) By the way, if you found Gohatto enjoyable, you might like Gonin as well.

https://mydramalist.com/7582-gonin

It's a little bit depressing and dark tale about how you shouldn't get involved with the yakuza. There are 4 queer male characters in this movie, but the main focus is not their queerness -- these characters just happen to be non-straight.

[Joy Boy]

I've seen Gonin too!

A few years ago I discovered a really cool actor named Akihiro Miwa from Beat Takeshi's film Takeshis’ (2005). Miwa's been acting since the late 50s and almost always performs in drag, usually in queer roles/films. I went through his filmography and fell in love with Black Lizard 1968.

It's wild how transgressive the average Japanese film from this period was compared to Hollywood or Europe.



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Akihiro Miwa, 1968

[CaptainEurope]

German parliament today votes on the Selbstbestimmungsgesetz.
That long-ass word means "self determination law" and allows trans men and women to legally change their gender from that assigned at birth without the previously required psychiatric determination. The previous process had been considered demeaning by many and had kept at least one trans friend of mine from fully transitioning.

TERFS on twitter are not happy, of course.

[CaptainEurope]

German parliament today votes on the Selbstbestimmungsgesetz.
That long-ass word means "self determination law" and allows trans men and women to legally change their gender from that assigned at birth without the previously required psychiatric determination. The previous process had been considered demeaning by many and had kept at least one trans friend of mine from fully transitioning.

TERFS on twitter are not happy, of course.

374 in favor
231 against
11 abstained

The law has passed. A good day for the tans community in Germany.