Gay of the dead

One could guess that a zombie film directed by Jim Jarmusch would be painfully hip. Frustratingly, Jarmusch brings nothing new to this overworked sub-genre. The press kit notes 55 zombie-themed movies or TV shows were released in The film grasps for political subtext in a lazy, secondhand way.

The grief and tragic energy around any murder can make one forget the political potential each person possesses. And in the wake of recent heightened media attention around cis-heterosexual black male deaths due to state-sanctioned violence or recent high school shootings, many are being reminded of the inherently political nature of taking a life. We live in a moment where any time a gun is fired, pundits and political actors seize the moment to create a movement. Murders that become media spectacles are political — yet, the murders that are silenced and hidden are just as political. The silence around these killings provides insights both tragic and profound, and the silence around the recent string of murders of Black gay men has been louder than any cries for their lives. The young man was found dead at the home of Ed Buck, a powerful California Democratic party donor. The relationship between Buck and Moore is suspected to have been sexual and centering on money.

Coming out to loved ones is hard. I never came out to my grandmother, who died this year. Instead of planning an awkward announcement over a Thanksgiving turkey, I settled for making a posthumous declaration to her seafoam-green box of remains. That afternoon, she had arrived via the United States Postal Service, the only way to send human remains in the mail.

Paul Baker does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. In early February, the Church of England College expressed regret that in an evening liturgy in Cambridge, God was referred to as the Duchess. The service had been advertised as a Polari evening prayer in anticipation of LGBT History Month , and was described as a liturgical experiment.