This New Series Hopes to Be The Next “Looking” Only Better
“Interested In” is a new coming-of-age queer web series created by Michael Witkes that will premiere on Dekkoo later this month. The comedy series follows Parker (played by Witkes), a gay college student from Philadelphia, as he comes to terms with being queer all the while navigating a world of casual…
Growing Up Southern Baptist and Finding My Queer Identity
I left Christianity but still respect it. I was probably 12 years old when I realized my religion didn’t accept me. While I grew up in Southern Baptist circles, my parents weren’t active churchgoers. But in Jackson, Mississippi, children couldn’t quite grow up without the interference of Christianity. Vacation…
Queer South African Film “The Wound” Earns Praise Globally, But Threats At Home
“The movie made everything public—even the very sensitive and secret things.” Premiering at Sundance, John Trengove’s directorial debut, The Wound (Inxeba), is a brutal yet beautiful study in identity: Kwanda, a young gay South African, goes out into the wilderness to undergo Ulwaluko, a painful circumcision ritual and his rite of passage…