Queer Lounge goes on
Presence is publicity - the only way to get your point across is being seen.
That's what's keeping the Queer Lounge - a focal point for gay and lesbian filmmakers - in business at the Sundance Film Festival, in spite of talk of gays boycotting Sundance and all things Utah because of the Mormon church's support of California's gay-marriage ban.
"For many [LGBT] filmmakers, Sundance is their single most important opportunity to ensure their stories about our community reach a broad audience," Neil G. Giuliano, president of GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, told The Salt Lake Tribune's Christopher Smart. "And they are not in a position to stay away from that opportunity. ... We continue the Queer Lounge with a desire not to be rendered silent or invisible."
That's what's keeping the Queer Lounge - a focal point for gay and lesbian filmmakers - in business at the Sundance Film Festival, in spite of talk of gays boycotting Sundance and all things Utah because of the Mormon church's support of California's gay-marriage ban.
"For many [LGBT] filmmakers, Sundance is their single most important opportunity to ensure their stories about our community reach a broad audience," Neil G. Giuliano, president of GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, told The Salt Lake Tribune's Christopher Smart. "And they are not in a position to stay away from that opportunity. ... We continue the Queer Lounge with a desire not to be rendered silent or invisible."
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posted by Sean P. Means @ 9:26 AM |
1 Comments:
Hey! Last year two of my buddies and myself came to Park City to ski and visit sundance and had planned to go out to main street at night. Not knowing which bars to hit up first, we're 3 gay guys so we hit up Queer Lounge!we went and waited in line to figure out, if we didn't have our names on a guest list it was very difficult to get in. This year the three of us are coming back and def. gonna try to get into queer lounge again! Any advice? Thanks - Brian
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