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For our first attempt at a remote recording we are joined by anthropologist and queer sexologist Dr Jamie Lawson of the University of Bristol. First up is the Wachowski’s debut film Bound (1996) with Jennifer Tilly seducing Gina Gershon in a neo-noir crime drama. Next up is a mostly-improvised exploration of queer characters and safe spaces in John Cameron Mitchell’s Shortbus (2006). We finish with the emotionally-brutal made-for-TV HBO movie The Normal Heart (2014) with Mark Ruffalo portraying a gay activist during the early years of the HIV-AIDS crisis. Also: Jamie likes Speed Racer (2008)? Assassins (1995). Susie Bright. Labrys. The C word. Rope (1948). Unexpected autofellatio. Justin Vivian Bond. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001). Sex Education (2019). Larry Kramer. Boys in the Sand (1971). ACT UP. BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017). Angels in America (2003). Dr Linda Laubenstein. Behind the Candelabra (2013). Direct casting. Joe takes a big step and deserves cake. We play a game of “Is it Safe?”