Balls and Ballrooms are the stage where drag, voguing, and the celebration of trans-ness and gender mess began. Most often, these developments in LGBT+ Culture were led by people of color.

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Born in Flames is a 1983 alternative history film. Taking place in New York in an America who had a 'peaceful' revolution to a socialist democratic government. The main characters are black women who are resisting the government because they realize that the government has been making moves to silence minorities.

Transcript: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/movie-review-born-in-flames

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96loCgGvQ_g

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden_(director)#Personal_life

La Cage Aux Folles is a classic stage production for the LGBT+ Community. It has been adapted to the screen twice, and these are both of those version.

Transcript: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/movie-review-la-cage-aux-folles-x2

Watch either movie for yourself!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ebGcS_yeBM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZX81R7SMsQ

Fried Green Tomatoes was more than a 1991 movie. It was also a 1987 novel that the movie was based off of. We take a look at both and see what stayed and what changed.

Transcript: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/movie-review-fried-green-tomatoes

Making Love is from 1982 and is one of the first films to depict LGBT+ characters in a favorable way after the Production Codes of Hollywood loosened their tight grip on what stories movie studios could produce,

Transcript: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/movie-review-making-love

Love, Simon was the first movie dedicated to LGBT+ teens. While there have been reasonable criticisms made about the film, it's a very important peice of media for LGBT+ youth as it's a perfectly fine rom com.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Albertalli

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_Simon

Transcript:

https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/movie-review-love-simon

Carol is a 2015 film based on the book, The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith. The book alone was unusal for it's time but the movie was highly anticipated. In this episode, we compared the two.

Transcript: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/movie-review-carol

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_(film)#Production

https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/book-review-the-price-of-salt-by-patricia-highsmith

We've spent a lot of time talking about the historical relivance of LGBT+ folks in media, now we wanted to talk about the actual media! Heated Rivalry became very popular very quickly when it came out, so enjoy this review!

Transcript: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/show-review-heated-rivalry

This episode is a bit more personal, as I have grown up alongside the internet for the most part. Being LGBT+ has always been hard, but the internet has certainly changed how we all live.

Find the transcript here: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/gay-in-the-digital-age-transcript

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet

https://archive.org/details/inventinginterne00abba

https://www.netvalley.com/archives/mirrors/cerf-how-inet.html

https://archive.org/details/howwebwasbornsto00gill

https://www.nsf.gov/od/olpa

https://www.youtube.com/@FrankieFey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_YouTube

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research-briefs/online-experiences-and-mental-health-of-lgbtq-young-people/

https://www.hrc.org/magazine/2021-early-fall/online-communities-early-fall-2021

https://michigan.it.umich.edu/news/2023/06/05/online-safety-for-the-lgbtq-community/

https://www.oah.org/process/dame-griff-how-computers-transformed-lgbtq-life/

https://scholars.org/contribution/how-media-has-helped-change-public-views-about-lesbian-and-gay-people

There are many theatre shows that involve queer folks.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBTQ-related_musicals

https://playbill.com/article/queer-musicals-from-boy-meets-boy-to-jagged-little-pill-traces-lgbtqia-representation-in-theatre

https://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4185&context=aerc

https://theatricalindex.com/show/la-cage-aux-folles/la-cage-bway-2004

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/LA-CAGE-AUX-FOLLES-2004-2005

https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/lacage-rev

https://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/01-2008/review-round-up-is-la-cage-another-menier-hit_20049.html/

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/168053/fetish-footwear-acclaimed-film-rockin-broadway-musical-explore-the-many-steps-of-kinky-boots/

https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004911/http://broadwaydirect.com/feature/kinky-boots-a-new-musical-is-born

https://playbill.com/article/rent-dramaturg-suit-dismissed-com-71067

https://prezi.com/rkee5nh4_woa/no-day-but-today-the-critical-reception-of-rent/

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/oct/16/theatre4

http://www.untamedspirits.net/aj/hedwig/la/h-la-bruin1199.htm

https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/papers/metro/08.02.01/cover/hedwig1-0131.html

https://www.broadwayworld.com/israel/article/Musical-Theatre-Returns-to-Israel-With-HEDWIG-AND-THE-ANGRY-INCH-20210403

https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdeymzq0