#NEW GAY MOVIES OUT 2014 SERIES#
Laura Jane Grace isn't new to the many people familiar with her story since she came out as transgender in the pages of Rolling Stone, or the legions of fans who know her as the front woman of rock band Against Me!, but viewers got to see a much more personal side of her in the streaming documentary series True Trans with Laura Jane Grace on AOL Originals. True Trans with Laura Jane Grace - Laura Jane Grace Wojtowicz was just about the furthest thing from a role model you could find, but he was an undeniably fascinating person whose life intersected with LGBT history in unexpected ways.
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Wojtowicz served in Vietnam and spent some time as a gay activist immediately following Stonewall, before desperation (and possibly mental instability) led to the crime that sent him to prison and garnered him a share of celebrity that he would attempt to make a living off of for years to come. Thanks to the film Dog Day Afternoon, many people have heard of John Wojtowicz's now infamous 1972 police standoff following an attempted bank robbery meant to finance his lover's transition, but the documentary The Dog reveals there was a great deal more to his story. Jaiyah challenges both traditional ideas of what makes an athlete and Western views on trans identity, and her spirit and love for the game embody what makes this underdog team so easy to root for in the first place.
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One of the players highlighted in the film is Jaiyah Saeula, a Samoan fa'afafine (third gender person) who uses female pronouns and becomes a great team defender after being named to the starting lineup. In 2001, the team suffered a record-breaking defeat to Australia 31-0, and following years of losses, hoped to turn things around with a new coach. Sports underdog films are a dime a dozen, but the American Samoan football (soccer) team at the center of the documentary Next Goal Wins might have one of the saddest reputations of all. Pride comes out on DVD and video on demand December 23. Choosing a favorite among the outstanding members of LGSM is no easy task - between the determined Mark, acerbic Steph, and sweet couple Gethin and Jonathan - so we're cheating a bit and counting them all. Set during the UK miner's strike of the 1980s, the film follows a group of LGBT activists who decide to lend their support to the cause through outreach and fundraising for a small and somewhat reluctant Welsh village.
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Hopefully its recent Golden Globe nomination for best picture will inspire more people to seek out and watch Pride, the wonderful and poignant comedy from director Matthew Warchus and writer Stephen Beresford. Pride - Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) We watch Leonardo struggle for independence and the right to define himself while simultaneously trying to reconcile his newfound feelings and desire for human contact, all through the unique perspective of his experience as a blind teen. So much of what works about the film can be traced back to the terrific performance of Ghilherme Lobo as Leonardo, who manages to convey often conflicting emotions with the subtlest of expressions. Set in a Brazilian suburb, the film follows a blind teenager, Leonardo, as he experiences first love with a new student named Gabriel. There have been countless gay coming-of-age films made over the years, and several very good ones, but The Way He Looks manages to breathe fresh air into the genre. Lionel's story examines how his gay and racial identities intersect, and the emotional toll others' preconceptions and expectations can have on us as individuals. Based on some interviews, Lionel's political awakening in the film seems to have somewhat mirrored the director's own experience, and Simien himself is an out gay man. Aspiring journalist Lionel starts the film mainly just looking to be left alone, but eventually gets swept up in the events unfolding on his campus and finds he has a much stronger opinion on the situation than he originally thought. Writer/director Justin Simien's debut feature Dear White People has garnered much deserved praise for its thoughtful and often hilarious examination of race in college and America at large, but it also happens to contain one of the year's most significant new gay characters.
#NEW GAY MOVIES OUT 2014 TV#
Here are some of the (mostly) new LGBT characters in 2014 that stood out from the crowd in film, documentary, TV comedy, TV drama, video games and comics.
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However, a handful did manage to catch the eye of viewers and critics alike by telling stories rarely or never told before. There have been some notable improvements in the quantity of LGBT characters appearing in entertainment media over the past year, but it can't be claimed that all these new faces were particularly groundbreaking.