In the summer of 2013 The L Cruise has made two cruises with different routes but a common denominator: they were cruises conceived by and for lesbians. One of its promoters takes stock of the experience and announces the plans for the future.
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Guerrilla Girls expose in the Alhóndiga de Bilbao
Guerrilla Girls is a group of activists who defend feminist postulates in the art world. Born in New York at 1984, his tactics are those of the guerrillas and his goal is to promote the presence of women in art. Its members are covered with gorilla masks and use names of distinguished women. For the first time, a retrospective exhibition traces its entire trajectory.
Antonia San Juan conducts "On the Summer Side"
We interviewed Antonia San Juan who presented us with the latest film that she directed and that also stars: «On the summer side. The film tells us about the conflicts of a family that lives on the edge and in which everything explodes when the father dies.
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We are a group of enthusiastic people with a single idea: to bring quality audiovisual content to the community LGTB. The themes have a common denominator: information of all kinds that may be of interest to gays, lesbians, transsexuals and, of course, people close to the gay community. News, culture, trends, events ... all this and much more is what you can find in GAYLES.TV.
We come from the world of television and advertising and we understand the specific needs of the collective because we are part of it. We are fully convinced that a page that addresses issues that affect the gay community should be able to interest anyone regardless of their sexual choice and this is only possible from the commitment to quality and respect for diversity.
We are very aware that the name gay comes from an Occitan word, gai, which means joy, joy ... And we will not betray that origin. We firmly believe that quality is not incompatible with enjoyment ...
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Holmes Place, quality at the service of personal care
Gayles.tv | There are many centers dedicated to personal care, but few where the concept of wellness reaches such an integral sense. Holmes Place has personalized attention and excellent facilities. All this in an environment that is committed to the gay-friendly philosophy.
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Munich brand trend in sports shoes
The Munich shoes unite, with their indisputable quality, a careful design that places them at the forefront of sports shoes. Public figures such as Àngel Llàcer, Jesús Vázquez, Rafael Amargo or Boris Izaguirre are unconditional users.
Axel, the most important gay hotel chain in the world
Juan Julià, founder and president of Axel Hotels, reveals in this interview the secrets of his success. The special care in customer service and the exquisite design of its facilities are some of the distinctive features of the firm.
Bullying, new forms of harassment
The proliferation of social networks has caused harassment to jump from the schools to the Internet pages with an increasing impact. We interview the teacher Katy Pallàs, president of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Families.
"The life of Adèle", Palme d'Or at Cannes 2013
The life of Adèle, the Tunisian Kechiche, has obtained the Palma de Oro of the 2013 Cannes Festival. The film, which goes beyond the story of a love story between two women, narrates the process of maturity and acceptance of its protagonist.
Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2013
Xavier-Daniel, director of the event, talks about the main premieres and the thematic axes of the International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival of Barcelona in this year's edition, which have been the situation that homosexuals live in different countries, the bullying and the problems of identity and acceptance.
Toys that do not discriminate
Toys are fun but they also transmit values.
Do we mark differences between boys and girls in our purchases? What are the best toys to give away on these dates? In the shops Barruguet they guide us and advise us to get it right.
Israel on the back of a longboard
Fourteen women, eleven nationalities and a common passion: skating. Its objective? Cross Israel from north to south with longboards. From this new adventure of the Longboard Girls Crew comes the film «Open», directed by Daniel Etura.
In the hole with the Alcorcón Earthquake
Elba Guallarte interview for gayles.tv to the Earthquake of Alcorcón, protagonist of The Hole, a show that through a surreal plot goes shedding numbers of good circus, cabaret, music and humor. Gay winks in a genre that returns to the scene.
The love of Amargo by Chavela
Chavela Vargas the 5 2012 is dead. A few months before the bailaor Rafael Amargo, a personal friend of the singer, conducts a long and in-depth interview that gives rise to the film «The bitter love of Chavela«. Two essential myths and a dialogue.
Gay marriage? Yes, I want
It is said that your wedding day is the most beautiful of your entire life. Perhaps if not the most beautiful day, one of the most special and memorable without a doubt. Give yourself the «Yes, I want»Is a step of commitment and love for those who have found that unique person, and who want to share in the celebration of the wedding with your family and friends.
Unfortunately, an act that should always be joyful and within the reach of all lovers can become a simple fantasy for some. The legalization of gay marriage it is one of the indicators of a country with true egalitarian politics. When the count of countries of this type stops at 18, we can not do anything but roll up our sleeves to continue with all the work that lies ahead.
This infographic of NeoMam Studios reviews the global panorama in terms of homosexual legislation. The initial map already gives us a clear idea. Europe and America make us smile. Africa and Arab countries make our hair stand on end. 7 countries where homosexuality is punished with death penalty, 69 where it is considered a crime that can be punished with the cárcel. These countries still have a long way to go to get to proclaim gay marriage legal.
But what surprises us is also to compare the map of legislation with this study Pew Research, which shows the degree of acceptance of homosexuality in the society of each country. We are happy to see Spain in first position, with a 88% degree of acceptance, but we would squeak that South Africa, a country that protects homosexual marriage, only have an 32% acceptance. Or the cases of Indonesia and Turkey, lay states that do not have laws in relation to the gay group, but in which, respectively, an 93% and an 91% of the population does not accept homosexuality. Laypeople, yes, but with the majority of the Muslim population ... Entering into debates of any religion is already out of hand, because in some cases we would not speak only of recognition of rights regardless of sexual inclination. It would be necessary to start with something as basic and fundamental as the rights of women ...
Returning to the issue of gay marriage, just as important is that the legislation is permissive as that the society integrate this reality. And here we emphasize the issue of Education. Yes, young people are the future, but if they are not taught that love is equally valid between boys and girls than girls, they will never appreciate the beauty of a wedding in which there are two boyfriends. We see it in the famous children video reacting before marriage proposals between homosexual couples, where some directly see it as something very romantic and spectacular, and others focus on the "oddity" that the protagonists are of the same sex.
The struggle for equal rights in marriage lies in that abolition of prejudices with which all the LGTB collective dream. Open the mind, break barriers, forget discrimination, shake off the concept of "normal" ... We end this reflection by recalling that video of Get Up! Australia, who claimed the laws in favor of gay marriage with a very simple and clear message: It's time.
InOutRadio, broadcasting for lesbians
InOutRadio It is, first of all, a radio made by and for women that we can listen to through the Internet. In addition to a live magazine that is broadcast on Thursdays, on its website we will find podcasts on various topics that interest the lesbian community. Carme Pollina y Ana Satchi are the directors of InOutRadio
"Orange is the new black": 5 keys
It could be a series to the use of lesbian inmates, but no, "Orange is the new black" is more, much more. To entertain the wait of the second season, we have researched behind the cameras and we tell you here.
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Blurring the body
Gayles.tv | Gerard Coll-Planas in his book «Drawing the gender«, Reflects on the classifications of sex, gender and sexual orientation. Gay, straight, man, lesbian, trans, woman… people are much more complex and we go beyond the corset of definitions.
Preparing suitcases: gay tourism does not rest
San Francisco, Ibiza, Miami ... Touristic destinations which directly relate to the LGBT community. When we do not stop reading in the press the situation of the tourism sector in general (with its slow recovery, with its low hotel occupancy ...) we are surprised to see the numbers of the homosexual niche: a Annual rise of 10,8% against the general 3,5%. Undoubtedly the pulse of gay tourism is going at another pace.
The LGTB community is the first issuer of the world of travelers and gay tourism is the 15% of world travel spending. These days is being celebrated in Madrid Fitur, the International Tourism Fair, and for the fourth year, gay tourism has an official representation. Fitur Gay is the name that receives the sector directed to the homosexual public, that counts in this edition with the representation of More than 400 brands, destinations and businesses.
Gay tourism moves between 160.000 and 180.000 millions of dollars per year, more than Chinese tourism. This does not mean that homosexuals have more money, but it is a community that can dedicate more money to tourism. In addition, generally the LGTB collective does not have as many limitations fruit of family responsibilities. This is a direct result of the legislation on the subject, which often places the rights of homosexual families behind heterosexuals.
So how does the LGBT community spend those "extras" of money, time and freedom? A very popular travel format is the cruise. Y all ports want to receive gay cruises for the money they report to the city when they pass. The company Atlantis It is one of the most important cruises aimed at gays, with tours around the world. They charter large company boats and organize an agenda of theme parties and activities aimed entirely at the gay public. The L Cruise It is one of the first European companies that also organizes cruises, focused on the lesbian public.
If we talk about gay tourist destinations, Tel Aviv (Israel) the Cape (South Africa) are cities where gay tourism is booming. Tel Aviv, for example, prepares important activities for its gay pride party in advance, making it an attractive themed destination. Curious also the celebration of Gay Disney Gay, an event held annually at the Disney theme park in Orlando. And do not forget the classic destinations of the Spanish brand, such as Maspalomas y Sitges.
Fitur Gay 2014 has taken as the motto of this edition «Tourism is peace«, A concept that seems most appropriate to us. The normalization and fight for equality that the LGTB collective defends has an important tool at the international level, which is tourism. There are more and more gay friendly destinations and more and more companies and associations that promote and support this sector. The traveling flow of the homosexual community, together with the advances of the egalitarian policies, helps the visibility and equalization of rights that we so desire. Y the world tourism sector is reviving, how touched is the economic situation we live today. Will the LGBT community be great savior of the crisis? For lack of consumption in tourism will not be
We reviewed MagLes
With just two seasons and ten numbers already on the street, MagLes has been able to win thousands of Spanish-speaking readers. In digital or printed version they seduce its contents and careful presentation.
We visited Fitur Gay LGBT
The 10% of world tourism is gay, but the benefit they bring to the tourism sector is 15% of the total. Juan Pedro Tudela, organizer of Fitur Gay LGBT 2014, talks about the success of this fourth edition. We prepare the suitcases?
On the gay side of Philip Seymour Hoffman
All the news of death by drugs of famous people saddens and infuriates us, but when it comes to brilliant artists even more. Philip Seymour Hoffman has left us One Sunday in February, so suddenly and a few young 46 years that we still do not believe it. Since Gayles.tv we want to make a small tribute to this Oscar-winning actor with a memory of his homosexual roles.
We started with the first one that launched him to fame: Boogie Nights (1997), where Hoffman played an always-placed Scotty J., camera operator who stole a kiss from the porn actor Dirk Diggler, played by Mark Wahlberg. Together with Robert deNiro he filmed Flawless (1999), incarnating to Rusty, a buoyant transvestite he has to help his homophobic neighbor with singing lessons. And already at 2005, Hoffman embroidered one of the best roles of his entire career: Truman Capote in Cloak. The interpretation of this mysterious genius of the novel He showed us an actor who had already earned the label of "excellent and professional" forever. His magnificent portrayal of the gay writer earned him his Oscar to the best actor.
Hoffman is undoubtedly a great loss of talent for the world of cinema. Interestingly some of his mythical roles have been homosexual characters, as well as we find sexually disturbed papers, like Allen's in Happiness (1998), the sexual degenerate, or that of Father Brendan Flynn in The doubt (2008), as a priest accused of pederasty against one of his altar servers.
A formidable and versatile actor, who unfortunately happens to add to the list of great talents that the world suddenly loses due to addictions. Rest in peace and eternal in your films, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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Author's pairings
Would you mix a red carving of the Talking Ten with chocolate? Surprising and exquisite. Today we enter the fascinating world of the bold pairings of the hand of Fernando Mendieta, wine advisor.
IGLTA, tourism outside the closet
With 30 years promoting LGBT tourism businesses and 30.000 users, the IGLTA (International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association), comes to Madrid to celebrate its annual convention. We speak with those responsible at FITUR.
Looking for .... 3 gays in San Francisco
Recently released, Looking (HBO) is already targeting one of the 2014 star series. Here we introduce you to the three gay friends who share joys, crises and dreams in the city of San Francisco.
Love Is Love: Elton John and David Furnish
Sir Elton John, British singer and songwriter, and David Furnish, Canadian film director, they met at the beginning of the 90. Elton had already declared himself homosexual in 1976 and, after his divorce from the German Renate Blauel in 1988, said he was comfortable being gay. Elton and David they started in 1993 a relationship that lasts until today. They are one of the first couples in fact of the United Kingdom, having formalized the relationship on the same day that it came into force in the country, the December 21 of 2005.
Apart from being a stable couple, Elton and David are a complete family: Its first son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born from a surrogate on December 25, 2010. His godmother is the well-known Lady Gaga. his second son He was born on January 11, 2013, also born to the same surrogate mother, and was named Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John.
With the law of equal marriage that is about to take effect in the United Kingdom, Elton John declared a few months ago that it was his and David's duty to be one of the first couples to get married in the country. As one of the most famous and stable homosexual couples worldwide, we hope that this wedding planned in May is an event of the stature and visibility that this Legislative progress in equality it supposes
Because love is love, Love is love, and as Elton sings in «your Song«: How wonderful life is while you're in the world.
Love Is Love: Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé
More than a historical homosexual couple, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé should be remembered as an example of strong couple and infinite love. Because officially their love affair ended in 1976, but the link and the love they felt for each other has lasted until Saint Laurent died in 2008.
Yves and Pierre met in Paris in 1958. Yves was already the couture youngest couturier, working on Christian Dior and saving the house from the crisis. In 1960 had to interrupt its race in the world of the fashion to fulfill its military obligation. However, it lasted only 20 days in the military, due to a stress attack, which worsened when he learned that the Dior house was going to do without him. This forced him to be Psychiatric Center, where he received harsh electroshock and drug treatments. At the end of the year he returned to Paris, where Pierre was waiting for him, and with his support sued Dior for moral damages. The compensation money was used for create your own sewing house.
From this moment, Pierre became the pillar of Yves. Although in 1976 they decided to put end your love relationship, continued to live together and work in the company. Yves suffered constant emotional ups and downs, manic depressive, and that also led to addictions to drugs and alcohol. Pierre was always there supporting him and being his right arm, in business and in his love life. It is considered that, without Pierre, Yves would not have been able to create the fashion empire he created.
A few days before Yves died, Pierre and he joined civilly, it is said that by theme of inheritance. After the death, Pierre decided auction the collection of objects and art owned by both. Pierre assures that it was a very violent experience, but that this collection belonged to both of them, without Yves and no sense, and that setting up an art and fashion museum would be too expensive. This last stage of the Saint Laurent - Bergé relationship is where the documentary «L'Amour Fou»(Mad love), which shows interviews and statements by Pierre about what life was like with his eternal companion.
