GLR May-June 2025

Exhibitions Peter Hujar’s Day (Ira Sachs) Docudrama stars Ben Whishaw as photographer Peter Hujar in conversation with Linda Rosenkrantz on NYC’s downtown art scene in the 1970s. Plainclothes (Carmen Emmi) Drama follows an undercover officer assigned to lure and arrest gay men who falls in love with a man he encounters, causing a major moral dilemma. The Room Next Door (Pedro Almodóvar) Drama stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as youthful friends who meet again years later and develop a very different kind of relationship. Sex Love Venice (Steve Balderson) Romantic drama finds a heart broken Michael in Venice, where he tries being a slut, then meets a man who opens his heart to a new outlook on life. The Visitor (Bruce LaBruce) Sex comedy about a refugee who’s taken in by a wealthy English family and seduces each member in turn, leav ing a void in their lives when he suddenly disappears. The Wedding Banquet (Andrew Ahn) Comedy stars Bowen Yang as a gay man who arranges a green-card marriage to his lesbian friend— whose family decides to throw a Korean wedding banquet. The Picture of Dorian Gray Broadway stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s novel stars Sarah Snook playing all 26 roles. Ongoing at the Music Box Theater in NYC,. Trick! The Musical Follows two young men in NYC whose one night stand turns into a series of madcap complications. At the Out Front Theatre Co. in Atlanta, May 1–17. The Jonathan Larson Project Musical assembles songs from Rent , Tick, Tick… BOOM! , Superbia , and other works into a new story. At the Orpheum Theater in NYC thru June 1st. Angels in America: Perestroika Part II of the classic drama follows last year’s staging of Part I at the Provincetown Theater, May 8–25. ToMyGirls Dramedy follows a group of gay friends who reunite in Palm Springs for a fun weekend that gets pretty intense. At the NCTC in San Francisco, May 9–June 8. MerryMe “Sapphic sex farce” set on a Navy base features a bevy of zany characters. Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, May 15–June 8. La Calisto Venetian opera mashes up Roman myths and bends the genders every whichaway. At Opera Memphis, May 21st & 23rd. Theater / Dance 40Yearsof LGBTQ + History in Broward County Highlights the role of the Community Foundation of Broward. At the Stonewall Mu seum in Ft. Lauderdale, April 17–May 12. The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Iden ti ty, 1869–1939 Exhibit that’s the subject of this issue features some 300 works. At the Wrightwood 659 in Chicago, May 2–July 26. ficciones patógenas Artists depict the ways in which colonized peo ples have been pathologized and abused by Western regimes since 1492. At the Leslie Lohman Museum in NYC thru July 27th. Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits 100+ graphite and acrylic works on paper by the artist who was Christopher Isherwood’s partner. At the Huntington Museum in San Marino, CA, thru Aug. 4th. 55 Years of Pride A journey thru the past 5+ decades of LGBTQ pride movements across the globe. At the Stonewall Museum & Archives in Ft. Lauderdale June 1–August 31. LGBT Jews in the Federal City Explores a century of life & activism in the U.S. capital, with photos, artifacts, and oral histories. Opens May 16th at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC.

Cultural Calendar

Readers are invited to submit items at no charge. Must have rele vance for a North American readership. Allow six weeks’lead time for any listing. E-mail: stephen.hemrick@GLReview.org

Festivals and Events

F ILM F ESTIVALS Charlo tt e,NC Reel Out Film Fest, May 14–18. Washington, DC WorldPride Film Fest, May 17–June 8. Puerto Rico Queer Film Fest, May 22–28. Toronto Inside Out Film Fest, May 23–31. Provincetown, MA Int’l. Film Fest, June 11–15. San Francisco Frameline Film Fest, June 18–28. Har tf ord, CT Out Film Fest, June 20–28. Honolulu, HI Rainbow Film Fest, June 27–29. E VENTS WorldPride International human rights conf. will take place in Washington, DC, June 4–6. Visit: worldpridedc.org. WorkPride Largest virtual global conf. dedicated to workplace in clusion. June 16–20. For details: mygwork.com/es/workpride. Criminal Queerness Fest On the criminalization of gay art. At Lincoln Center, NYC, June 21–23. Visit: nationalqueertheater.org/cqf-first. Equality Federa ti on Leadership Conference “The Power of Us.” In Madison, WI, July 15–18. Search at: equalityfederation.org. N GLCC Int’l Business and Leadership Conf. For entrepreneurs and biz leaders. In Las Vegas, August 19–22. nglccconference.com. Feature Films Baby (directed by Marcelo Caetano) Brazilian drama follows a young man who’s released from prison in São Paulo, homeless, until he meets an older man in a porn theater. A turbulent affair ensues. Heightened Scru ti ny (Sam Feder) Docu. about civil rights lawyer Chase Strangio and his courtroom battles against anti-trans laws. Janis Ian: Breaking Silence (Varda Bar-Kar) Docu. chronicles the life of the singer-songwriter who wrote “Society’s Child” (1966) at age fifteen and came out as a lesbian in 1993. Kiss of the Spider Woman (Bill Condon) Remake of the classic drama stars Jennifer Lopez as the “spider woman” in Molina’s yarn about a Hollywood musical, as told to his prison cellmate. My Dead Friend Zoe (Kyle Hausmann-Stokes) Drama about an Afghanistan veteran who clashes with her family due to the ghostly presence of her lover Zoe, who died in the war. OnSwi ft Horses (Daniel Minahan) Drama opens with a hetero cou ple, Lee and Muriel, feeling upbeat until the arrival of the Lee’s brother prompts Muriel to explore a whole new way of life. C ALL FOR S UBMISSIONS – T HE G&LR The Gay & Lesbian Review accepts unsolicited manuscripts and proposals on all LGBT-related topics. Especially sought are pro posals on the following themes for issues in development:

• The State of LGBT Rights: What now? • The Kink Issue: Alternative sexualities

• Ethnographic Journeys: LGBT lives in non-Western cultures Please e-mail your proposal to: richard.schneider@GLReview.org

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