Beyond Gay visits Eastern Europe and Sri Lanka

We are very excited that Beyond Gay will be launching the Slavic Gay Pride weekend in Minsk Belarus on May 14th.  I met up with Nikolai Alekseev in Athens when we were there for the screening and delivered him a copy of the film which is being translated for this...

Xtra readies Toronto for the Inside Out screening

Vancouver filmmaker Bob Christie’s new documentary, Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride, is a timely reminder of the various struggles facing Pride organizers around the world. This film is particularly germane now as debates over free expression, international human...

Another Pride Possibly Banned in Eastern Europe

“The banning of the march, or the failure to ensure the safety of its participants, would send a signal to all Lithuanians, and the rest of the world, that human rights are only selectively upheld there,” Amnesty International said.  Lithuania has recently...

Pride Athens hosts a full house at the Goethe Institute

By some stroke of luck my flights to Athens were two of the only ones that sailed through the volcanic ash cloud and I arrived in time for last nights screening at the Goethe Institute.  What a great event!  It was hosted by Pride Athens and the Canadian Embassy in...