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A queer Oscar winner. One of the great sci-fi epics of all time.
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Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.The 1990s heralded Jodie Foster as one of the greatest actresses of her generation.
With two Academy Awards and a sloo of movie hits, few actresses could boast her track record as box office gold, or her depth of dramatics.For Ms.
Foster at her best, and perhaps, her most underappreciated as well, please refer to director Robert Zemekis‘ 1997 sci-fi epic, Contact.
Based on futurist Carl Sagan’s novel, the film tells the story of Ellie Araway (Foster), a plucky astronomer fascinated by the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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Trans people are fed up with our lives being used and abused for political gain
a protest hosted in London by the organisation Ban Conversion Therapy. Thousands of LGBT+ people gathered together to condemn the Government’s decision to exclude trans people from a bill that aims to ban conversion therapy.To put it simply, the Government will make conversion therapy illegal – but not when it comes to the trans community.As I stood there with a protest sign in hand that said ‘Trans Liberation Now’ alongside other members of the wider community, I was reminded of the extraordinary power of LGBT+ support and solidarity.Never has it been more evident that those who wish to divide us and remove the ‘T’ from the acronym are a small minority that is completely out of touch with the community they claim to represent. The Government is also completely out of touch with the LGBT+ community, and also wider society. A poll by YouGov showed that around two thirds (62%) of Britons want conversion therapy to change someone’s gender identity to be banned, along with 65% on the basis of sexual orientation.It’s therefore puzzling as to why exactly the people who are supposed to lead and protect us have decided to do this, because it clearly isn’t the will of the majority of people in this country.
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