{"id":763,"date":"2012-10-20T14:43:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T14:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/gqc\/?p=763"},"modified":"2012-10-20T14:43:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T14:43:32","slug":"gqc-news-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/gqc\/2012\/10\/20\/gqc-news-4\/","title":{"rendered":"GQC News #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Apologies for the delayed round up this week. Behind the scenes GQC have been working \u00a0hard on getting ready for our next big event in partnership with\u00a0Cinecity<\/a>\u00a0Brighton,\u00a0Kashish<\/a>\u00a0Queer Film Festival in Mumbai and New York’s\u00a0Mix<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>. Big thanks to\u00a0Attitude<\/a>\u00a0for supporting the project, please have a look at the write-up on their website.<\/p>\n

This week has seen the announcement of upcoming queer cinema across the globe.\u00a0White Night<\/a>, shown above, by Leesong Hee-il, is released this month, with screenings and talks from the director at both the Vancouver International Festival and the London Korean Film Festival. Mike Buonaiuto, director of Homecoming<\/a>, an award-winning film which addressed equal marriage, has announced plans for a new film on the subject of\u00a0same sex parenting<\/a>. IRL, a short film directed by Grant Singer is to star\u00a0Genesis P Orridge<\/a>, member of Throbbing Gristle, and one half of the pandrogynous Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge<\/a>, his co-star will be Damien Echols, famously of the West Memphis Three.<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the more bizarre stories this week centres on\u00a0Gigi Chao<\/a>\u00a0and her billionaire father,\u00a0Cecil Chao’s<\/a>,\u00a0proposal that he pay $40 million to the man who can ‘convert’ his lesbian daughter and marry her. This came after news that Gigi and her girlfriend, Sean Eav, had a church blessing in France. In an even stranger twist, Sacha Baron-Cohen announced plans to make a movie based on the story, simply called\u00a0The Lesbian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, this week has seen the spotlight on\u00a0Bisi Alimi, a Nigerian gay activist whose extraordinary career included his being the first gay Nigerian to be interviewed on national TV in Nigeria. His remarkable story is here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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