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How an Urban Cowboy Film Redefined Masculinity for 1960s America

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 29, 2018

How an Urban Cowboy Film Redefined Masculinity for 1960s America
- The first queer film to win Best Picture at the Oscars, and the only X-rated film to do so, it's an unsentimental take on poverty, masculinity, and identity.

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, December 11, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 24, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 23, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 30, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, December 25, 2024

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Ranking the best queer films of 2024

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, January 02, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 06, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 06, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 06, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, January 08, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 06, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Ed Sedarbaum, who founded a gay activist group in Queens, led LGBTQ groups in Westchester and the Berkshires, and was a leader in the fight ... View article...

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