A feature-length documentary that explores the immense changes that occurred for gays, lesbians and transgender people living in the Global South. In the last decade of the 20th Century, a new heightened visibility began spreading throughout the developing world and the battles between families, fundamentalist religions, and governments around sexual and gender identity had begun. But in the West, few people knew about this historic social upheaval, until 52 men on Cairo’s Queen Boat discothèque were arrested for crimes of debauchery. That explosive story focused attention to the lives and trials of gay people coming out in the developing world and the film chronicles those events.
Dangerous Living opens with one of the Cairo 52 defendant’s, Ashraf Zanati, who was tortured, humiliated, beaten and forced to spend 13 months in prison. His simple, but powerful statement sets out the basic theme for the film: “My sexuality is my own sexuality. It doesn’t belong to anybody. Not to my government, not to my brother, my sister, my family. No.”
Directed by John Scagliotti and Produced by Janet Baus and Dan Hunt. Executive Producer is Reid Williams. Major sponsor includes The H. van Ameringen Foundation.
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gluoniumIts grossly embarrasing that these things are still even considered an issue at all anymore. What does it say about human intelligence as a whole, that the very simplest test of it conceivable - the acceptance of a subset of the population that loves the same sex and clearly causes no harm to anyone - is failed miserably by virtually everyone else?
djsunkidi'm pretty sure there are simpler tests of intelligence concievable.
*tries to think of cutting remark about george bush*
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elizzai cant watch this documentary...could anyone send me a link where i can watch it??10xs
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