the history of New York's Fire Island as a gay sanctuary
- Written by: Jacob Sunter, PhD Student, University of Adelaide
Cybele O'Brien/ GettyRecently screened at the Sydney Film Festival, Fire Island is a rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the film breaking traditional conventions to feature gay romance as the plot.
The fact that it is streaming on Disney+ speaks clearly about how ordinary non-heterosexualities have become. While it might...
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