Étiquette: Homosexuality
When homosexuals become a target on the left

When homosexuals become a target on the left

In France, the appointment of Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister has prompted homophobic remarks from LGBT activists. Anti-universalist, illiberal, they would never tolerate a «member of the community» with ideas or attitudes other than their own.
«Joyland»: the desire to be oneself

«Joyland»: the desire to be oneself

For the first time in the history of the Cannes Film Festival, Pakistani cinema took to the Croisette, winning in the Un certain regard and Queer Palm categories. Saim Sadiq takes us on a journey through Pakistan's troubled history.
Sodomy in Texas?

Sodomy in Texas?

BREVE INSOLITE | Après le retrait du droit à l’avortement de la Constitution américaine en juin dernier, le procureur général du Texas avait émis la volonté de rétablir une loi de son Etat interdisant la sodomie, si la Cour suprême le permet. Que doit-on comprendre au juste?
28 | Tchaikovsky, fragile yet master of his destiny

28 | Tchaikovsky, fragile yet master of his destiny

Beautiful misfortune, an oxymoron that well characterizes Tchaikovsky's music. Very sensitive, too sensitive, he suffered all his life from his homosexuality, from a certain mania for persecution, from lack of self-confidence, from the incomprehension of other musicians... Even if he was not the only man to suffer, he is undoubtedly the one who succeeded in expressing pain in the most poignant way. Not only are his melodies magnificent, but they lay bare his soul, seeming to rise from the depths of his distress to the heavens. Yet behind this fragility lies a man who knew exactly what he wanted, as shown by his determination to publish his works as they were, despite the critics, right up to his scheduled death, for which he composed his own requiem, the Pathétique.