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The Celluloid Closet (1995)

The Celluloid Closet is a 1995 American documentary film directed and written by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. The film is based on Vito Russo’s...

THE9+. Queer News. 3 December. USA Erases World AIDS Day, Rob Jetten Awarded, Japan Upholds Ban on Same-Sex Marriage — and Much More

THE9+. Queer News. 26 November. EU validates petition, Hungary to arrest Pride organiser — and much more

THE9+. Queer News. 19 November. Grindr and German sheep; Tijuana becomes a shelter; sex-workers’ anniversary — and much more

French mayor jailed for blackmailing rival with sex escort tape

Kazakhstan: The Law That Haunts Before It Exists

Vox clamantis…

Eurovision’s Fracture Over Israel

Jonathan Bailey is the First Gay Sexiest Man Alive, But You Wouldn’t Know It

What Does Taylor Swift Owe to Her Listeners?

Three Years From Bratislava Gay Bar Attack and the Global Network of Hate

Girl. Sometimes You Don’t Know Who You Are Until You Put On a Mask

Screen Memory: Ten Films That Bear Witness to AIDS

Udo Kier, the Marvellous Actor of Fassbinder, Van Sant and Von Trier, Dies Aged 81

‘The History of Sound’ Longing in a Minor Key

Impulse London’s Exhibition Dares to Finally Talk About Chemsex

Erwin Olaf’s Last Act: Freedom at the Stedelijk

A Landmark Exhibition on Queer Modernism

Vox clamantis…

EU Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage Is Welcome, but What Is Marriage?

Jonathan Bailey is the First Gay Sexiest Man Alive, But You Wouldn’t Know It

Eurovision’s Fracture Over Israel

A Landmark Exhibition on Queer Modernism

Queer Pop’s Political Fashion Theatre: The 2025 MTV Awards

Justin Torres’ “Blackouts”: A Novel that Changes Literature and Rewrites the Archive

Queer Histories in the Shadows: Penis-inscribed Tables and Parking Meter Chairs

Why Alan Turing Told Police He Was Gay

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The Celluloid Closet (1995)