queer films
Out on Campus hosts Australian drag film screening
June 3, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer On May 20, Out on Campus (OOC) screened their first movie of the summer with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. OOC is a student organization “dedicated to supporting SFU’s 2SLGBTQIA+ students and allies.” This 1994 road trip movie follows three drag queens touring Australia. It is based on the lives of three real drag queens — Cindy Pastel, Strykermeyer, and Lady Bump — portrayed by Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, and Terence Stamp. The film highlights the harms of deadnaming and portrays a cast who support one another in the face of violence.…
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Bottoms is unabashedly gay, unhinged, and bloody
September 28, 2023By: Emilio Gutierrez, SFU Student When I first read the synopsis of Emma Seligman’s Bottoms — two girls start a fight club at their high school to meet girls and lose their virginity — I thought I knew what I…
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But I’m a Cheerleader brilliantly satirizes heteronormative society
July 21, 2023By: Cameron Palmer, SFU Student Content warning: conversion therapy and queerphobia. The first time I watched But I’m a Cheerleader (BIAC), I was a passionate “ally” of my high school gay-straight alliance club. Celebrating queer identities and making straight people…
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VLAFF’s Queer Pix short films tell compelling stories of resisting oppression
September 15, 2020By: Michelle Young, News Editor Vancouver’s Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) ran from August 27 to September 6, featuring a variety of programs available for virtual screening. I bought the Queer Pix selection, which featured short films, documentaries, and…
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Five queer-antine films for a virtual Pride Month
June 9, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor At the unfortunate news of Pride celebrations being cancelled across the world at the hands of COVID-19 (AKA Miss Rona), many have found themselves disheartened at the move to a virtual Pride. The Vancouver Pride…
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