Perfect timing for me to finish my pride list the other day cause then I immediately got busy with work and other errands. I still got a small handful I wanna dig into before the month ends though so it’ll probably be a little slower but I haven’t stopped yet.

This is fine, though I think the bisexuality stuff I think is less interesting than what it has to say about Native American culture and leaving reservation life. I do appreciate though that balance, that Shane feels a need to escape because of his sexuality but is trapped there nonetheless. It’s a very real story, discussing how these factors coalesce to make it feel like a person has actually experienced…

A film that offers much-needed representation of Indigenous LGBT+ peoples, weaving together the gay and Indigenous communities in one story.

Jones uses this film to shine a light on the various experiences that Indigenous peoples unfortunately often face, such as suicide and substance abuse. 

This film reminds me of the quote: ‘The queer present negotiates with the past, knowing full well that the queer future is at stake’ - B. Ruby Rich, New Queer Cinema (2013).

Shane’s interactions with his past and future explore the concept of queer temporality. He is forced to negotiate between his love for a problematic past, and a liberating future, both of which have difficult consequences that compromise his identity. In order to come out and…

Live from Canada, it's Gargus and Adept's Queer Cinema Challenge 2019! This week, we watched a film from a queer poc director!

These next six themes are actually but two according to the challenge rules. When Jackie and I were constructing this list back in November, we came to the queer poc director/actor/screenwriter and trans director/actor/screenwriter themes and decided, why not blow them out into a big expansive thing? Rather than just choose one for each, we'll be looking at a director, actor, and screenwriter who fits the descriptors of queer person of color and trans person, each. Any excuse to look at other perspectives, yeah?

So, our director here is Adam Garnet Jones, a gay man of First Nations…

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first this film is wonderful as a piece of LGBT and native film history. we need more films like this one. and I'm so happy this movie exists. however I wish I actually enjoyed the movie more than I did.

I really hated how Tara was handled throughout this entire movie. I understand he was closeted but the way he treated Tara and the way he implied he would take her to Toronto knowing full well he didn't want to go with her really upset me. I also hate the fact that when Tara tells him about her own relationship with suicidal idealization he simply tells her ok but you didn't actually…