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Contents:
- JON GARCIA'S TRILOGY ABOUT GAY MORMONS PORTLAND IS COMPLETE
- BEN’S “GAY” BREAKDOWN | “THE FALLS: COVENANT OF GRACE”
JON GARCIA'S TRILOGY ABOUT GAY MORMONS PORTLAND IS COMPLETE
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He's proud of Covenant of Grace, which he characteriz as a story about RJ and Chris provg that 's possible to exist as both a gay man and a man of God.
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BEN’S “GAY” BREAKDOWN | “THE FALLS: COVENANT OF GRACE”
Bee of the power and tegry of all three of the films, pecially wh The Falls: Covenant of Grace, I n fd myself standg alongsi RJ and Chris and say, spe what any anizatn might argue, that I am a Proud Gay Mormon. Culled om a longlist of hundreds, movi nsired for the list promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema.
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For our most recent update to the list, we’ve add mastream edi Fire Island and Bros, thriller Knock at the Cab (featurg two pairs of hbands whose vatn is terpted by the potential apolypse), Disney feature Strange World (wh the stud’s first openly gay lead character), Blue Jean (a Brish drama set durg the Thatcher premiership), the extremely well-reviewed Girl Picture), France’s magil realist The Five Devils, and Cann 2023 buts Monster and Strange Way of Life. Crics Consens: We Were Here reviss the cris facg the gay muny the early 1980s -- and offers a powerful tribute to the spirg rolve shown at a time of turmoil.