Friday, July 3, 2009
LE REGARD DES AUTRES SHORT FILMS NOW ONLINE FOR FREE.
The five short films from the CANAL+ and INPES campaign Jeune et Homo sous le Regard des Autres are now available for viewing online.
GAY SEX NOW LEGAL IN INDIA.
The BBC reports on a historic ruling in India: A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act.
The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an "unnatural offense".
Homosexual acts were punishable by a 10-year prison sentence.
Many people in India regard same-sex relationships as illegitimate. Rights groups have long argued that the law contravened human rights.
Delhi's High Court ruled that the law outlawing homosexual acts was discriminatory and a "violation of fundamental rights".
The court said that a statute in Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which defines homosexual acts as "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" and made them illegal, was an "antithesis of the right to equality".
The ruling is historic in a country where homosexuals face discrimination and persecution on a daily basis but it is likely to be challenged, says the BBC's Soutik Biswas in Delhi.
It also promises to change the discourse on sexuality in a largely conservative country, where even talking about sex is largely taboo, our correspondent says.
Gay rights activists all over the country welcomed the ruling and said it was "India's Stonewall".
New York's Stonewall riot in 1969 is credited with launching the gay rights movement.
"It [the ruling] is India's Stonewall. We are elated. I think what now happens is that a lot of our fundamental rights and civic rights which were denied to us can now be reclaimed by us," activist and lawyer Aditya Bandopadhyay told the BBC.
"It is a fabulously written judgement, and it restores our faith in the judiciary," he said.
The Indian Star has an entire section on gay rights in India.
The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an "unnatural offense".
Homosexual acts were punishable by a 10-year prison sentence.
Many people in India regard same-sex relationships as illegitimate. Rights groups have long argued that the law contravened human rights.
Delhi's High Court ruled that the law outlawing homosexual acts was discriminatory and a "violation of fundamental rights".
The court said that a statute in Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which defines homosexual acts as "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" and made them illegal, was an "antithesis of the right to equality".
The ruling is historic in a country where homosexuals face discrimination and persecution on a daily basis but it is likely to be challenged, says the BBC's Soutik Biswas in Delhi.
It also promises to change the discourse on sexuality in a largely conservative country, where even talking about sex is largely taboo, our correspondent says.
Gay rights activists all over the country welcomed the ruling and said it was "India's Stonewall".
New York's Stonewall riot in 1969 is credited with launching the gay rights movement.
"It [the ruling] is India's Stonewall. We are elated. I think what now happens is that a lot of our fundamental rights and civic rights which were denied to us can now be reclaimed by us," activist and lawyer Aditya Bandopadhyay told the BBC.
"It is a fabulously written judgement, and it restores our faith in the judiciary," he said.
The Indian Star has an entire section on gay rights in India.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
GOEDE TIJDEN SLECHTE TIJDEN 02 07 2009
Look who's in Meerdijk: Why, it's Lucinda! Well, it's Elizabeth Hubbard as Sair Poindexter. Lucky for us, there's a short moment with Dex that keeps this 'in topic'. :-)
According to RTL's website, the idea to bring her on the show arose after the appeared in a talkshow on Dutch TV. She's in the Netherlands for private reasons frequently. Comparing GTST to ATWT, she noticed that on the Dutch show there seems to be less discussion about scenes, it's filmed as written. She says, however, that the general atmosphere on the sets are comparable.
ATWT is very popular in the Netherlands.
According to RTL's website, the idea to bring her on the show arose after the appeared in a talkshow on Dutch TV. She's in the Netherlands for private reasons frequently. Comparing GTST to ATWT, she noticed that on the Dutch show there seems to be less discussion about scenes, it's filmed as written. She says, however, that the general atmosphere on the sets are comparable.
ATWT is very popular in the Netherlands.
Clip: GTSTfanMark
PHYSIQUE OU CHIMIE THIS FALL IN FRANCE.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
ALLES WAS ZAEHLT - 01 07 2009
auf Deutsch:
with English subtitles:
lifting this comment from EKP's channel to share:
PS. EKP is all aglow at seeing the happy family gathered around the dinner table in the last scene. (We haven't forgotten that Marian calls Roman his future son-in-law and Roman calls Marian "Daddy". It's canon, ppl!)
Because... yes. =)
clips: DeRoChannel & EskimoKissProject
with English subtitles:
lifting this comment from EKP's channel to share:
PS. EKP is all aglow at seeing the happy family gathered around the dinner table in the last scene. (We haven't forgotten that Marian calls Roman his future son-in-law and Roman calls Marian "Daddy". It's canon, ppl!)
Because... yes. =)
clips: DeRoChannel & EskimoKissProject
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