Coming out of the Celluloid Closet is doing things a little bit different this season. We are collaborating with Cinema Queer, a queer festival in Stockholm, who is behind the Queer Covid Archive. The archive serves to document the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people during the pandemic in different formats, from video, text and even audio - which is where we come in. We have invited people to shared their experiences and thoughts about what the pandemic was like and how it affected different aspects of queer life.

On this episode, we have invited Stine Bang, Head of Communication at AIDS Fondet. They are a humanitarian organization that works nationally and internationally to combat HIV and AIDS. They also run Checkpoint, which provides information and testing services for STIs to LGBTQIA+ people. We talk about the similarities between the recent monkeypox outbreak in Denmark and the coronavirus.

!Trigger warning: suicide & depression

Coming out of the Celluloid Closet is doing things a little bit different this season. We are collaborating with Cinema Queer, a queer festival in Stockholm, who is behind the Queer Covid Archive. The archive serves to document the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people during the pandemic in different formats, from video, text and even audio - which is where we come in. We have invited people to shared their experiences and thoughts about what the pandemic was like and how it affected different aspects of queer life.

On this episode we talk with guests from LGBT Asylum, Nicholas Chisha and our second guest has chosen to stay anonymous. LGBT Asylum is an organization that since 2012 has provided a safe social network, counseling and support to more than four hundred LGBT+ refugees and asylum activists in Denmark. 

A small show note about this episode: our guest mentions the population of Egypt to be 150 million, but it is actually 102 million. 

Coming out of the Celluloid Closet is doing things a little bit different this season. We are collaborating with Cinema Queer, a queer festival in Stockholm, who is behind the Queer Covid Archive. The archive serves to document the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people during the pandemic in different formats, from video, text and even audio - which is where we come in. We have invited people to shared their experiences and thoughts about what the pandemic was like and how it affected different aspects of queer life.

On this episode we discuss ways in which polyamorous people navigated the pandemic in Denmark, and how COVID-19 may or may not have had lasting effects on how they participate in relationships. We were curious to hear from people in our community who practice polyamory to learn how they considered things like infection rates and covid “pods” or “bubbles” when seeing partners, so we invited Josefine and Ajo, two queers who practice poly, to chat with us.

Find transcripts of this episode in English and Danish and check out the MIX CPH Film Festival program at mixcopenhagen.dk! MIX CPH 2022 runs October 21 - 30, 2022 in Cinemateket and Empire Bio.

See you in the dark. 

Coming Out of the Celluloid Closet returns for a third season on October 10! 

We're doing things a little bit different this season. We are collaborating with Cinema Queer, a queer festival in Stockholm, who is behind the Queer Covid Archive. We have invited people to shared their experiences and thoughts about what the pandemic was like and how it affected different aspects of queer life.

Get ready for season 3.

Did you know that Ursula from The Little Mermaid was based on the legendary drag queen Divine? Nevertheless, queer representation in animated films, for children or adults, is few and far between. This and other tidbits await on this episode as we leave no queer stone unturned and ask, why isn’t there more positive LGBTQ+ content in animation? We also talk with animation filmmaker Thinh Nguyen, a graduate of the Viborg Animation Workshop, about her work. 

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Vidste du, at Ursula fra Den lille havrue er baseret på den legendariske drag queen Divine? Ikke desto mindre er queer repræsentation i tegnefilm, både for voksne og børn, sjældent. I sæsonens sidste afsnit kigger vi under alle queer sten for at spørge, hvorfor er der ikke mere positivt LGBTQ+ indhold i tegnefilm? Vi taler også med animationsfilmskaberen Thinh Nguyen, som er uddannet fra Viborg Animation Workshop, om hendes arbejde.

TW: suicide

What is intimacy in film, especially in queer film? On today’s episode of Coming Out of the Celluloid Closet, we dive into interpersonal relationships in LGBTQ+ film -- not only when it comes to sex and sexuality, but when inviting viewers into moments of emotional connection. With the help of our guests Benjamin Radjaipour and Gabi Buzadzic, we examine who gets to be intimate on screen. 

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Hvad er intimitet på skærmen, især når det gælder queer film? I dagens afsnit af Coming Out of the Celluloid Closet snakker vi om personlige relationer i LGBTQ+ film - ikke kun når det kommer til sex og seksualitet, men også når seere inviteres med til intime øjeblikke. Med hjælp fra vores to gæster Benjamin Radjaipour og Gabi Buzadzic, udforsker vi hvem der får lov til at være intime på det store lærred.

TW: Censorship, talk of discrimination

What possibilities does queer porn create, and who is it for? Come with us as we talk to Max Disgrace, award-winning film director, film festival programmer aka smut peddler and proud trans-masculine pervert. He’s the director of Crystal Clear, Tribute, and Ruptured - which we are screening in this year’s This Is How We Do It program in MIX. We meander our way through understanding how pleasure, representation, archetypes and industry questions all manifest in the film medium that is decidedly for queers, by queers, and featuring queers.

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Hvilke mulighedere skaber queer porn, og hvem er det lavet til? Kom med os, når vi taler med Max Disgrace, prisvindende filminstruktør, filmfestivalprogrammerer, "aka smut peddler og stolt trans-maskulin pervert." Han er instruktøren bag Crystal Clear, Tribute og Ruptured - som vi viser i årets This Is How We Do It -program i MIX. I vores samtale prøver vi sammen at forstå, hvordan fornøjelse, repræsentation, arketyper og spørgsmål om industrien smelter sammen og manifesterer sig i filmmediet, der bestemt er for queers, af queers og med queers. 

TW: Transphobia

We left you last week with Beck Heiberg and Maji Claire from the Ballroom community here in Copenhagen. For this week’s episode we have the rest of the interview, where we continue our conversation about representations of Ballroom in Paris Is Burning, Pose, and even RuPaul’s Drag Race. If you haven't heard the previous week's episode, go back and listen Part 1, because otherwise this episode won't make a lot of sense to you! 

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Sidste uge havde vi Beck Heiberg og Maji Claire i podcast studiet - de var med til at grundlægge Ballroom i København. I denne uges episode har vi resten af vores interview, hvor vi fortsætter samtalen om, hvordan Ballroom er repræsenteret i Paris Is Burning, Pose og RuPaul’s Drag Race. Lyt til den første del, før du dykker ned i denne episode, ellers giver samtalen ikke mening for dig! 

Today we're diving into the ballroom scene: how it has been portrayed in pop culture in the past, and how it is portrayed today through different media. We take a look at the ultimate classic “Paris Is Burning” but also have a look at more current documentaries portraying the ballroom community as well as other formats such as “Pose” or “Legendary”. We interview two pioneers of the Danish ballroom scene, Maji Claire and Beck Heiberg. Transcripts in Danish and English for this episode can be found on mixcopenhagen.dk. For a list of ballroom terminology, inform yourself here: https://www.portlandmercury.com/feature/2017/12/06/19526383/ballroom-glossary 

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I dag dykker vi ned i Ballroom-scenen: hvordan den tidligere er blevet portrætteret i popkultur, og hvordan den er skildret i dag gennem forskellige medier. Vi kigger på den ultimative klassiker "Paris Is Burning", men kigger også på mere aktuelle dokumentarer, der skildrer Ballroom-fælleskabet samt andre formater som "Pose" eller "Legendary". Vi interviewer to pionerer inden for den danske ballroom-scene, Maji Claire og Beck Heiberg. Tekster på dansk og engelsk for denne episode findes på mixcopenhagen.dk. For en liste over ballroom-terminologi, informer dig selv her: https://www.portlandmercury.com/feature/2017/12/06/19526383/ballroom-glossary

TW: mental illness, suicide, substance abuse.

Why does it seem like the female characters in every “lesbian film” from the 90s and 2000s are suffering from mental illness and die? On this episode we discuss stereotypical portrayals of queer women, mental health, and the infamous Dead Lesbian Syndrome -- and what alternative stories we should be focusing on instead. We talk with Caroline Osander, leader of PsykInfo and organizer of the film festival “Don’t Fear The Weird,” which aims to break and challenge society’s taboos about mental illness. Please note that the interview is in Danish, but you can find episode transcripts in both Danish and English on mixcopenhagen.dk. 

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