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Frameline Begins
Well last night was the opening of the world's largest and longest running film festival - Frameline!. It happened at the famous and fabulous Castro Theater and the opening film was the Secret Diaries of Anne Lister directed by James Kent. A sumptuous period piece...
Another Two Awards! Best Documentary at Fairy Tales Calgary and Q Cinema Fort Worth.
Well we are in full swing of our biggest run of screenings so far and what an awesome experience it has been. The sold out house and 5 minute standing ovation at Fairy Tales in Calgary was so special, and the audience award for best documentary is really the icing on...
Best Documentary at Fairy Tales Calgary
Best Documentary at Fairy Tales Calgary Our amazing experience at this festival was topped off with the audience award for best documentary. Here is one blogger's take on Beyond Gay. Well, Wednesday was 'Bring a Straight' Night at the 12th Annual Fairy Tales Queer...
Moscow Pride Parade Free of Violence
Our friends in Moscow held a peaceful Pride Parade yesterday, outsmarting both the homophobes and the "authorities." GayRussia.ru 05/30/2010 15:12:34 Russian Gays Hold Successful Pride Parade Without Arrests, Beatings MOSCOW, Russia – Despite a vow by Moscow’s...
Blogging from Moscow Gay Pride
Moscow Pride officially banned for 5th year but plans are in the works. And the French station TF1 News has aired a seven minute interview with Nikolai Alekseev. Read more
Belarus Screening Recieves Bomb Threat
This weekend sees another Gay Pride in eastern Europe. Slavic Pride gets underway in Minsk, Belarus, on Friday. Already the planned parade on Saturday has been banned by the city authorities who used the flimsy excuse that the route was too near to metro (underground)...
Xtra covers the Toronto premiere at Inside Out
Xtra covers the Toronto premiere at Inside Out Read more
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 also come...
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...
Will I make it to Athens?
Less than a week from our screening with Athens' Pride at the Goethe Institute and a volcano in Iceland is making the trip all the more exciting. The date is set for April 22nd and Nikolai from Moscow Pride and Tomasz from Warsaw Euro Pride are supposed to attend as...