Hadaka Matsuri (El festival del hombre desnudo)

Más de 10.000 hombres que vestidos únicamente con el fundoshi pelean durante horas por conseguir tocar al 'Hombre Espíritu'. Este ritual sintoísta llamado Hadaka Matsuri (El festival del hombre desnudo) celebra el año nuevo lunar y data de hace 500 años siendo la recompensa de aquel que toque al Shin-otoko suerte y salud para el resto del año. 

Gay Superheroes 2012

It was about time to come out of the closet for DC and Marvel superheroes. The first one was Northstar from Marvel a not-so-popular, Canadian and not American one, of course now upgraded to be an X-Men. 

So, it is time for   DC to choose one and give the audiences a handsome open-minded hero that will keep sales in the lgbt market running and may help things get netter for the young ones coming out.  The best of all we´ll see gay kisses on superheroe movies from now on.

Derechos LGBT en USA

Una mirada global al panorama de los derechos civiles LGBT en cada uno de los estados de la unión americana.
Ahora, que recientemente el presidente Obama ha manifestado su apoyo al matrimonio igualitario reflexionamos sobre el estado general de los derechos y tambien de las prohibiciones.

Haga click en la imagen para verla mas grande, el cuadro es muy completo e interactivo y se puede ver en detalle en http://gu.com/p/37c4m

Just Beautiful!

Wings – 1927 , the first and only silent film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Buddy Rogers and Richard Arlen star in the film, playing two combat pilots who vie for the affection of the same woman (Clara Bow)

Bruce LaBruce and the Spanish Catholic extreme right

Spanish Art Gallery la fresca in Madrid has been attacked for showing Bruce Labruce Work. Conservative and catholic extremists (http://www.alternativaespanola.com/) use violence to create chaos and fear among artists. Spain seems to be returning to darkness. more info in Spanish http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2012/02/17/actualidad/1329496964_693625.html

to enjoy the work of Bruce LaBruce
www.brucelabruce.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_LaBruce
www.imdb.com/name/nm0478418/
brucelabruce.blogspot.com/

To be like others by Tanaz Eshaghian

Documentary: Transsexuals in Iran - part 1/4 por mut_dua

An amazing documentary about how the Iranian government forces homosexuals into sex change operations to preserve tradition and eradicate the possibility of living a happy life as gay people in Islamic societies.

The story includes a doctor making big business with this operations, the struggle of young people to get their rights as human beings, even as little rights as women have, the strict vision of the Islamic government, the law and rulers, the point of view of their families who have to endure social punishment. Homosexuals and Lesbians make their decision to change their gender even because of not having other options.

More than 1450 operations have been performed by this clinic, where the government pays half the cost and each family has to cover the other 50%. After Thailand, Iran is today the country whit the record of more sex change surgeries performed.

A gift from god

Open call for LGBTH Artists and Researchers

This project has been supported by The LGBT Center New York, NYU Fales Library, Visual Aids, Artehoy Foundation and Algo Bueno Barcelona

Here you can propose your artwork for the next AUL exhibition tour.

Usted puede proponer aquí sus trabajos visuales para la próxima itinerancia de la exposición AUL

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1817543@N25/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1817543@N25/

ENGLISH

This exhibition presents sexual diversity as something universal to all cultures, it has been created for young people between the ages of 12 and 20, so they can understand that there is a wide range of options for their sexual life both now and trough their lives. It contains an appreciation of multiple legacies of Human Experience in different times and places.

Amor Universal Love will present photographic works, publications, film and objects, and will tour public libraries, schools and educational venues in Europe.

Active participation in the social Imaginarium of each collectivity has enormous bearing on the manner in which its existence is played out and its validity upheld, thus providing meaningful cultural perceptions about each groups co existential roles. . At present, there have been few visible cultural manifestations attesting to a meaningful participation of the GLBT community in our countrys daily public life. In the realm of cultural products, it is difficult to encounter specific manifestations of the dynamics of the members of the GLBT community-namely, symbols and expressions of the creativity, the lifestyle, ideas and experiences inherent to this particular milieu.

Some Artists on the exhibit are
David Wojnarovic, Dennis Cooper, Barbra Hammer, Mariette Pathy Allen, Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Jorge Veras, Santiago Echeverry, Sandra Rengifo, Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin, Mujeres al Borde, among others.



SPANISH
Amor Universal Love es un proyecto de divulgación y visibilización de la hisoria de la diversidad sexual, que a través de una exposición itinerante, charlas, talleres, publicaciones y audiovisuales presenta al público los logros y anécdotas de personajes y sucesos que han transformado el arte y la hsitoria desde una perspectiva de la diversidad sexual y de género.

Abrimos la puerta para que artistas, productores audiovisuales, educadores, investigadores, fotógrafos, escritores, entidades y personas interesadas en hacer propuestas, se unan al proyecto de Amor Universal Love.

Se puede participar del proyecto con propuestas para

A. Exhibición:

* Obras de Arte en formato digital o reproducibles por este medio
* Video : documentales, cortos, experimentales o spots
* Publicaciones : revistas, libros, tripticos informativos y websites

B. Educación

* Charlas y conferencias sobre diversidad sexual
* Talleres de Sexualidad y Diversidad Sexual
* Material de refenrencia o consulta sobre historia de la diversiadad LGBTH

Las propuestas pueden ser enviadas en pdf o jpg a amoruniversal@algobueno.eu o via flckr en http://www.flickr.com/groups/1817543@N25/

Feliz · Happy · Fröhlich · Joyeux 2012

Our deepest wish for equality and well being of human kind.
working together to eradicate all types of hateful differences and generate a better understanding between humans in the world.

Porque viene Ratzinger a Madrid?

Se trata simplemente una estrategia de marketing político. la tan mencionada Jornada de Juventudes , busca reclutar votantes para el PP (partido popular) dado que se acercan las elecciones y traerles al papa es como traer a lady gaga para un joven normal. Los jóvenes cristianos y católicos son fácilmente impresionables y la presencias de la autoridad o jerarquía les aflojan el criterio.

La derecha y la ultraderecha españolas saben que la juventud de España sigue indignada y sabe que los indignados nunca apoyaría a la derecha.

Es por ello que le trae el espectáculo y les convoca en formato  summer camp para darles una sensación fugaz de pertenencia, seguridad y cohesión solo para arrancarles el voto usando a los extranjeros como carnada y confundiendo a los locales para que no piensen con criterio. Está claro que después de las elecciones, a estos jóvenes los traicionarán, les seguirán quitando derechos y arruinándoles el porvenir con políticas de derecha.


Estas imágenes revelan los grupos de jóvenes incautos venidos de otros países que funcionan como cebo para que los jóvenes españoles cristianos y católicos cedan su voto a la derecha aun estando indignados.

Religión + política una vieja alianza realmente perversa. Ojalá los jóvenes de hoy en día sean menos ingenuos de lo que hemos sido las generaciones anteriores y no crean en estas manipulaciones.

GUN HILL ROAD love+gender+tradition

After three years in prison, Enrique (Esai Morales) returns home to the
Bronx to find the world he knew has changed.

His wife, Angela (Judy Reyes), struggles to hide an emotional affair, and his teenage son, Michael (newcomer Harmony Santana), explores a sexual transformation well
beyond Enrique's grasp and understanding. Unable to accept his child,
Enrique clings to his masculine ideals while Angela attempts to hold the
family together by protecting Michael. Still under the watchful eye of his
parole officer (Isiah Whitlock, Jr), Enrique must become the father he needs
to be or, once again, risk losing his family and freedom.

Can a father’s fierce love for his family overcome his street-hardened ideas
about manhood and end the vicious cycle controlling his life?

Writer/director Rashaad Ernesto Green’s first feature film is an intricate
portrait of a family divided told with sensitivity, gentle humor, and a deep
understanding of the environment that shapes its people.

Matrimonio Gay por Tola y Maruja

En medio del debate colombiano por la aprobación del matrimonio igualitario, dos comediantes de la televisión dan contexto al matrimonio igualitario, en comparación con el matrimonio para parejas homosexuales aprobado recientemente en Nueva York. Tola y Maruja ven como positivo el matrimonio en una forma forma ambigua y particular.

Dejan entrever el corte conservador y de centro derecha que tiene actualmente el país. Un entorno difícil en el que las organizaciones y los activistas siguen luchando por conseguir igualdad de de derechos para la comunidad LGBT.

Man to man, talk about HIV. Because silence... cannot be another symptom.

Spanish HIV campaign for openly talking about the HIV Virus.

3 of the most famous gay men of Spain encourage 3 different generations to openly talk about HIV

Harsh Beauty

Existing as they have for centuries, the Eunuchs (or Hijra) are considered the third gender, neither men nor women. Harsh Beauty follows over a period of 3 years the lives of Jyothi, Usha and hira bai, three Eunuchs who live openly as women, and want to be accepted as their true selves.

This one hour documentary uses a verite approach, creating intimate and personal accounts of their lives, without presenting an anthropological perspective. Set against the vibrant energy of the Indian metropolis, Harsh Beauty takes a glance into a society rarely seen and often misunderstood.

dir. Alessandra Zeka
2005 54 min. India
Hindi and Tamil w/English subtitles

Dia Internacional contra la Homofobia y la Transfobia

An impressive global program for the 7th edition of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia is taking place around May 17th with hundreds of events planned in over 50 countries. The Day’s activities take place among growing international tensions between progressive developments and reactionary outbursts, including the now infamous Ugandan ‘anti-gay’ bill which again risks being passed in the Parliament this very week.

All over the world, thousands of activists are gearing up for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, also known by its acronym IDAHO. This year’s IDAHO will break records of mobilisation and outreach, as an estimated 50 million people will be exposed to campaign messages in about 50 countries, calling for an end to discrimination and violence against people on the grounds of sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Amongst many noteworthy events, organisations in 14 countries across Latin America will unite in a common campaign and unfold dozens of public activities to denounce the ‘Cures that Kill’, the so-called ‘therapies’ to supposedly ‘cure’ sexual and gender diversity, often driving people to suicide. This regional campaign has launched an appeal and invites citizens across the world to support this call online at:  http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org

Identitidades Híbridas en el ciclo de Conferencias Dias Diversos

Diverse Days Lecture Series

Framed in the context of multiculturalism, Jorge Rodriguez raises the issue of hybrid identities. An approach to the perception of identity as a mixture that never stops. This series of activities about diversity and human rights are held in order to reflect and generate knowledge, give a voice to organizations and experts on different topics and join the celebration of the International Diversity Day declared by the United Nations.

Ciclo de Conferencias Días Diversos

Enmarcado en el tema de la interculturalidad, Jorge Rodriguez plantea el tema de las identidades híbridas. Una aproximación a la percepción de la identidad como una mezcla que no para. Este ciclo de charlas en torno la diversidad y los derechos humanos se organiza con el objetivo de reflexionar y aportar conocimiento, dar voz a entidades y personas expertas en los diferentes temas, y sumarnos a la celebración de días internacionales declarados por las Naciones Unidas.

Cicle de conferències Dies Diversos
quest cicle entorn la diversitat i els drets humans s’organitza amb l’objectiu de reflexionar i aportar coneixement sobre aquestes qüestions, donar veu a entitats i persones expertes en els diferents temes, i sumar-nos a la celebració de dies internacionals clau declarats per les Nacions Unides.

more info at
http://www.secretariat.cat/dd-maig

Historia de un Parque 2010

Historia de un Parque protagonizada por Antonio Nieves, Ramón Reche y Alex Molero, es la divertida historia de tres de sus moradores nocturnos en busca de sexo fácil y porque no, también del amor que se escapa siempre entre los dedos
Miércoles 27 Abril al 1 de mayo a las 22h en “La Riereta Teatre” d  C/Reina Amalia 3 e Barcelona.
visita su blog en: http://historiadeunparque.wordpress.com/

Faces by David and Louis

El divertido trabajo de estos dos Osos, lleno de humor, amor y sexappeal.

Puedes ver mas Videos de esta divertida pareja en
su canal Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/davidandlouis

Just another Job ·

Devin al igual que todos nosotros tiene dimensiones, la suya especialmente talentosa libera, entretiene y llena de alegría.

Lo maravilloso de este corto es la manera como Devin nos hace ver que dentro de cada uno de nosotros hay muchos aspectos, talentos y dimensiones que pocas veces nos atrevemos a explorar y expresar. Somos al mismo tiempo intelectuales, divas, deportistas, padres, amigos, profesionales, fans y mil cosas mas.

Bisexuales, Heterosexuales o Asexuales, ademas de ello hay mil dimensiones nuestras esperando salir a flote.

Smutley nos habla sobre HIV