Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World
“Dangerous Living is part of The Human Rights Watch Collection.”
2003•1h 2m•4.6•Released
Documentary
A feature-length documentary that explores the immense changes that occurred for gays, lesbians and transgender people living in the Global South. In the last decade of the 20th Century, a new heightened visibility began spreading throughout the developing world and the battles between families, fundamentalist religions, and governments around sexual and gender identity had begun. But in the West, few people knew about this historic social upheaval, until 52 men on Cairo’s Queen Boat discothèque were arrested for crimes of debauchery. That explosive story focused attention to the lives and trials of gay people coming out in the developing world and the film chronicles those events.
Director
John Scagliotti
Writer
John Scagliotti
Languages
English
Cast
Janeane Garofalo
Narrator (voice)
Production
Producer
Janet Baus
Producer
Dan Hunt
Producer
João Ferreira
Producer
Abigail Moncrieff
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