The 127 Year History of LGBTQ+ Representation in Film
By Abby Monteil, Stacker News
On 6/15/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
Depictions of queer and trans people have been present in the film medium since its inception more than 100 years ago. But due to censorship and varying degrees of prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community at different points in time, representation onscreen has a long, complicated, and often coded history. While gay characters were frequently used for laughs or not explicitly stated to be queer in most early mainstream Hollywood films, a brief relaxation in Germany s film production code in the early 20th century allowed for LGBTQ+ classics like
Mikey Lion
The producer s recently released debut LP For The Love is the 100th release on Desert Hearts Records.
It s unclear where Mikey Lion would be today if he hadn t taken DMT in his dad s backyard nine years ago. He was, he now estimates, roughly one minute into his trip when the trees which had previously only represented yard work started talking to him. Every single branch on every tree and every plant, everything was looking down on me going Yes! Yes! Yes! with these huge s t-eating grins, he recalls.
Lion then realized that the 40-foot palm trees were not just talking, but talking about him. I’m freaking out at this point, he says, because I’m on their level, and I can understand what they’re saying about me, and they’re saying, How amazing is this that he finally understands that we’re just as alive as he is? ”
Little did he know about the impending global pandemic that would soon kneecap the music industry. But for Mikey Lion real name Mikey Leon being forced off his breakneck touring schedule and into quarantine with family in San Diego allowed him to finish the aforementioned debut,
Leon dreamed up the concept behind
For the Love in 2012 when he and his co-conspirators threw the first Desert Hearts party in San Diego. Alongside his brother, Porky, and their collaborators Marbs and Lee Reynolds, Leon wanted to create a judgment-free oasis built on the mantra “house, techno, love – we are all Desert Hearts.” The festival was created as a beacon of creativity and self-expression where weirdos of all stripes could put their eccentric antics on full display.
When is Lollapalooza taking place?
Lollapalooza returns to Chicago s Grant Park for summer 2021.
As usual the big event will take place over four days.
The festival is on from July 29 until August 1, 2021.
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How do I get a ticket to Lollapalooza?
Four-day passes begin at $350 - plus a $58.78 service fee that includes the Chicago amusement tax.
They are on sale now at Lollapalooza.com.
One-day tickets have not yet been announced or on sale.
Typically, Lollapalooza waits until four-day passes are sold out to announce the day-by-day lineup and put single-day tickets on sale.
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