Time for an other view.

Scott de Buitléir talks about the new online magazine Eile, a new voice in Irish media.

“In Irish ‘an pobal eile’ means the other people, the other community, and that suits the idea perfectly. It’s not the mainstream.”

It’s Consuming Me.

Andrew Darley talks to the young director Kai Staenicke about how his short films navigate the terrain of queer personal relationships, and how that plays out in his latest, It’s Consuming Me.

“I want my films to transfer something, whether it’s a message, an impulse or an emotion. I don’t want them to be meaningless. So of course I’d like to think of my films as statements. For all different kinds of things. Mostly for being who you are.”

For the Queer Community.

Alex Karotsch and Muffin Hix talk about the hip queer film festival Fringe! and why it is by the community and for the community.

“A festival doesn’t have to be about big shiny premieres. We don’t have an industry section to our festival. It’s for the public that want to come out and see films.”

From the Smiths to Britpop.

Musician Emily Capell talks about her early influences, cheesy ’80s pop and a song that lead to a series of appearances on the gay cabaret scene.

“Yeah. I write about what I know … what I do. You won’t believe the amount of people that actually ask me, ‘Is your dad really a Smiths fan?’… of course he is! Can you imagine if he wasn’t … ‘no, he really likes Take That’.”

Doing It Herself.

Andrew Darley talks to the fascinating musician George Pringle about her new album, Golfo dei Poeti, and her unique approach to writing experimental music.

“There is something very primal about singing. It’s like crying when you can’t speak.”

LLGFF 2013 Gala Film.

Christopher Bryant talks to Jeffrey Schwarz about his documentaries Vito and I Am Divine, which launched the 2013 London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

“Divine became a star through word of mouth, with the right people in the big cities saying, ‘have you heard about this movie where this queen eats dog shit, you have to go and see it.”

Coming Out.

Walter Beck talks to activist Leah Robinson about her series of anthologies about coming out in America.

“I was inspired to do the book Coming Out as there is much mystery and fantasy surrounding the concept of homosexuality in the world today. I have published this book in order to introduce society to the real stories of real people whose voices have gone unheard for years.”

How To Create An LGBT Friendly World.

“Every subject can be completely open, that’s the goal, to make all workplaces and all schools LGBT friendly.”

Queer Music.

“I’ve never had anyone say ‘No you’re gay, you’re singing about gay love, this doesn’t suit our venue’. But I know I have missed out on oppurtunities because of the content of my music and the way I’m presenting it as an openly gay artist.”

Simon Oldfield Gallery.

Michael Langan talks to Simon Foxall about Queer Art, and how so many images in the pop-culture landscape operate as fantasies that obscure uncomfortable truths.

“South America has always interested me as a Hollywood product, one that has been used as an escapist tool. I think Evita interests me in that way too – do we think of Madonna and the music, or of the glamorous supporter of European fascism?”