Each character, including the most seemingly despicable--abusive father,
fag-bashing brother, border-guard cousin--emerges as deeply human.
Denver, Colo.: Texas holds him
In short order, Alan gets ditched by his flaky New Age girlfriend (Sirena Irwin), comes out of the closet, buries a
fag-bashing book he secretly wrote, and moves in with Tommy.
Bountiful Trip: the charming love story the trip crosses decades and political parties
Tobacco Control, an US
fag-bashing journal, claims cigarette firms have been pushing product placement in movies, persuading film-makers to stick a ciggy between their actors' lips just in time for the big close-up.
More than a puff; Westgate
Having run out of options, we're left to conclude that it is what it appears to be on the literal surface: a series of
fag-bashing, woman-hating rants.
Who's afraid of Marshall Mathers?
Yet Hollinghurst succeeds, as each of his episodes--black-tie nights at the opera;
fag-bashing punks in East London council housing; a scene at Heaven, the London gay nightclub of the moment where stars flame and gutter; and cruising, in both senses, on the Nile--is a finely etched Hogarth sketch for our times, these sketches building on one another to form a powerful, unexpectedly moving narrative.
The Folding Star
"Andy and I are really strongly against
fag-bashing and homophobia.
Enter the Ninjas: Nate Meunier of queercore rap combo Ninja Death Squad talks about defusing homophohia with in-your-face lyrics. (music)