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If I Should Come Upon Your House Lonely in the West Texas Desert, Natalie Diaz

[text ID: I will swing my lasso of headlights

across your front porch,

let it drop like a rope of knotted

light at your feet. 

While I put the car in park,

you will tie and tighten the loop 

of light around your waist—

and I will be there with the other end 

wrapped three times

around my hips horned with loneliness. 

Reel me in across the glow-

throbbing sea of greenthread,

bluestem prickly poppy, 

the white inflorescence of yucca

bells, up the dust-lit stairs into your

arms. 

If you say to me, This is not your new

house but I am your new home, 

I will enter the door of your throat,

hang my last lariat in the hallway, 

build my altar of best books on your bedside

table, turn the lamp on and off, on and off, on

and off. 

I will lie down in you.

Eat my meals at the red table of your heart. 

Each steaming bowl will be, Just

right. I will eat it all up,

break all your chairs to pieces.

If I try running off into the deep-purpling scrub brush, 

you will remind me,

There is nowhere to go if you are already here, 

and pat your hand on your lap lighted

by the topazion lux of the moon through the window, 

say, Here, Love, sit here—when

I do, I will say, And here I still

am. 

Until then, Where are you? What is your address?

I am hurting. I am riding the night 

on a full tank of gas and my

headlights are reaching out for

something.]

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insane insane insane shit

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It's Pride and I'm a gay guy who watches a lot of movies, so here's a bunch of gay movies with happy endings not named Love, Simon, because we have moved past the need for Brokeback Mountain.

Trick (1999): A cute little romcom about a one night stand going horribly, horribly right. It's a shame this movie isn't more popular because it's so charming and has so much fanfic potential.

Shelter (2007): I mean, this is a classic. Surfers, found family, pining, what not to like?

The Thing About Harry (2020): Ridiculously cheesy, ridiculously cute. It's essentially a modern Trick with an enemies to friends to lovers slant. Good for some mindless fun.

Goodbye Mother (2019): As a gay Vietnamese man I will never not shut up about how well this movie portrays that intersection. A story about a gay expat visiting his hometown with his boyfriend, the nuance, the drama, the tensions are all so very real to how gay men in Vietnam have to navigate around the question of family.

We are Gamily (2017): In the same vein as Goodbye Mother but with a more comedic slant. A gay couple has to pretend to be straight when a parent comes to visit, it's funny and heartwrenching at all the right moments, and heartwarming to boot.

Just Friends (2018): Dutch Shelter. Explores the tension between gay men and their mothers, particularly between a refugee family.

God's Own Country (2017): Happy Brokeback Mountain, an aimless Scottish farmer with an ailing father finds his purpose with help from a migrant worker. It's poignant, beautifully shot, and quietly understated. A must watch.

Maurice (1984): Edwardian gays. Ahead of its time and an affirmation that it's okay to move on from your first love, as well as the ultimate smashing of class divides.

The Way He Looks (2014): A blind boy falls in love with a new classmate, it's both a coming of age and a study on disability. It's so sweet and the ending is the ultimate catharsis.

Handsome Devil (2016): An Irish schoolboy befriends the new transfer athlete and discovers they have more in common than he thought. A really excellent portrayal of friendship and solidarity.

TW: These next movies all have references or show self harm, but they all ultimately end happy. No more images from here out because I've reached the limit.

Hidden Kisses (2016): Two teenagers experience their coming out process while romantically involved. I love that it shows both characters and demonstrates how the experience is different for everyone.

Latter Days (2003): Gay Mormon meets party boy and the rest is history. It's a little cheesy but the guys are hot and the love story is ultimately so uplifting you can't help but smile.

Fire Song (2015): An Anishnabe teenager struggles with the decision to leave his reservation and attend college. Probably the darkest movie on the list, but it also tells such an important story about aboriginal communities and the struggles of people who have been extremely marginalized.

Save Me (2007): A struggling drug addict checks into an ex-gay ministry. The most nuanced portrayal of these ministries I have seen yet and also a wonderful story of self discovery of not just the main character, but the cast that surrounds him as well.

Honorable mentions to Giant Little Ones Getting Go: The Go Doc Project, and Boy Erased because while in my opinion, they have excellent and happy endings, the main charcters do not get (substantially) hitched at the end and some people don't like that.

In no way is this a comprehensive list, and I'm always looking to expand my repetoire with more lesbian and trans stories (send me reccs!). This is just a reminder that there's space for stories with gay characters to end happy and that Brokeback Mountain is the exception, not the norm.

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MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE directed by Stephen Frears

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My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

This really feels like it captures a moment in time in a way so many films try to but don't achieve. In that sense, it's a richly layered, tense film about Thatcherism, white supremacy, and the often wrought fantasy of class mobility. It is, of course, also a gay love story, and I feel like it's in the latter that it sort of falls down. It's no doubt sensual and the performances of and chemistry between the actors was great, but it never quite felt like it wove into the story or themes in a way that landed. Still, one worth checking out. 7/10.

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Omar, a young Brit from a Pakistani family, and his boyfriend Johnny, a former skinhead, attempt to open the nicest laundromat in London while tackling issues of family, race, class, sex, crime, and Thatcher-era austerity.

Starring Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, and Shirley Anne Field. Written by Hanif Kureishi and directed by Stephen Frears

Episode 132 - My Beautiful Launderette

https://sites.libsyn.com/398906/episode-132-my-beautiful-launderette-1985

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My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

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my beautiful laundrette locations today

the laundrette: 34 wilcox road

omar + papa's house: 239 queenstown road

the other laundrette: 35 A3036 (it's still a laundrette!)

also the two are like right next to each other haha

the underpass: stewart's rd... the iconic lamppost is still there 0-0

selim's apartment: carlile place

anyways im still trying to find nasser's house which i fear might be a lost cause...

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I was in no way prepared for the My Beautiful Laundrette titles to be... this

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MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ (7/10)

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“a loyal dog about to bark” exactly

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he was a fascist. in love with a brown man. can i make it any more obvious <3

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Daniel Day Lewis’ Queer Role:

🎥 My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Johnny and Omar were childhood “friends” that reconnect once again

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

My Beautiful Launderette

Description:

During a street fight, Omar bumps into his former lover Johnny. The two rekindle the romance between them and manage Omar's uncle's laundrette, but various social issues stand in their way of success.

Title: My Beautiful Launderette

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 1985

Relationships: MLM (Main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 37m

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Box Office: $3 million

Warnings: Sex, nudity, violence, racism, homophobia, profanity

Starring: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Shirley Anne Field

Submitted by @dandandanny

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Am I super late for Valentine’s Day? Yes

Do I care? No

Anyway happy day to Omar and Johnny