Straight to the Front Row

Straight to the Front Row: Investigating Contemporary Western Gay Male Cinema. Conference @UniNorthants 16-17/2/2019

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@UniNorthants new #Waterside campus is getting ready to host @STFRUoN in the senate building on the 16th and 17th of February. Register here: https://t.co/1y4QLfrQTm

[UniofNorthampton @UniNorthants]

This week's must-read blog. ‘Straight to the front row: investigating contemporary western gay male cinema’. https://t.co/bZtJ0W2HDB

[Q Space @QSpaceNorthants]

This weekend #Northampton let's celebrate #LGBTQHistoryMonth together! Join us for a a local LGBTQ history walking tour, an afternoon of community and activities, a party to finish the weekend. All welcome and free entry 🎉🏳️‍🌈

[UniofNorthamptonNews @UniNhantsNews]

"There is still space to grow to expand portrayals of the queer community."

NEW BLOG from @alxcojocaru & @j_ritchie13 discussing the ‘Straight to the Front Row: Investigating Contemporary Western Gay Male Cinema’ confernce.

More here: https://t.co/5yNCr6w6hH

[alex🐰🥨 @alxcojocaru]

V. grateful to have been present at @STFRUoN this weekend and help out, thank you Anthony & Connor for the opportunity!! I enjoyed the papers delivered on both days; particularly liked hearing about some films that I, too, hold dear to my heart. Thank you to everyone speaking!

[Michael Williams @MTWSoton]

Thanks to the organisers, speakers and everyone at @STFRUoN this weekend. A great conference and venue and lots to think about! 😀🏳️‍🌈

[temmuz @temmuzsr]

Thanks for having me @STFRUoN - it has been so engaging and thanks @BruceLaBruce for all the queerness and porn politics xx

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Dr Romain Chareyron joins us on Skype from Canada, presenting his paper ‘Off the beaten path: Non-metropolitan representations of gay male identity in French cinema’.

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Qi Li joins us from King’s College London to discuss ‘Sex or/and Love: Fruits in Gay Romance Films’!

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Starting our final panel of the day, Ting Guo & Jonathan Evans present ‘Imagination and representation: Anglophone queer cinema in China’.

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Our race and politics panel continues with Robert LaRue. He presents his paper on ‘‘New Cinemas & the Same Ol’, Same Ol’’ — Contemporary Gay Cinema and the Violence of Mainstream Queer Representations’!

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@clloyd9 delivers us ‘Black/Queer/Love: On Moonlight and Queer Density’.

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Julia Szoltysek begins our Race and Politics panel with ‘A Romance For the New Age: Mikko Makela’s A Moment in the Reeds and Race, Sex and Politics’.

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@JWillMoran wraps up our first panel of the day with ‘Get Hard with No Strings Attached: How Popular Films Represent Sex Between Males’.

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@DiegoSemerene presenting his paper, ‘Death Drive Cinema: Contemporary French Film’s Barebacking Ethos’.

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@temmuzsr kicking off our Sex and Transgression panel with her paper on ‘The Relationship Between the Queer Subject and the Pornographic: Bruce La Bruce’s Refugee’s Welcome’

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@ATStepniak introducing the first paper on our first panel of the day; @temmuzsr with ‘The Relationship Between the Queer Subject and The Pornographic: Bruce La Bruce’s Refugee’s Welcome’.

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@temmuzsr kicking off our Sex and Transgression panel with her paper on ‘The Relationship Between the Queer Subject and the Pornographic: Bruce La Bruce’s Refugee’s Welcome’

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@ATStepniak introducing the first paper on our first panel of the day; @temmuzsr with ‘The Relationship Between the Queer Subject and The Pornographic: Bruce La Bruce’s Refugee’s Welcome’.

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An inspiring keynote from the one and only Professor Richard Dyer in front of an diverse audience of scholars from around the world at @STFRUoN at @UniNorthants new #WatersideCampus