In 2002, the Quebec National Assembly voted unanimously to extend the same parenting rights to homo-parental families as heterosexual parents, providing the recognition of homosexuals' filiation right, before the recognition of same-sex marriage. Politics of the Heart is a moving portrait of lesbian and gay families who re-shaped the cultural and political landscape of Quebec by fighting for recognition of their relationships and their families.

Politics of the Heart

On July 20th, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to extend the right to marry to lesbian and gay couples. The End of Second Class traces the story through the voices of three couples from Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia, and key activists and human rights lawyers who were at the forefront of the battle.

The End of Second Class

President Bush's call for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to enshrine a heterosexual definition of marriage ignited a wave of civil disobedience same-sex marriages across the USA. "One Summer in New Paltz" focuses on the small village of New Paltz, NY, where the mayor, Jason West, began performing same-sex marriages on the steps of village hall and 1000s of couples flooded the village seeking to be married. The film goes on to document civil disobedience same-sex marriages and demonstrations across New York State, the Nyack Ten legal suit against New York state and the first day of legal same-sex marriages in Boston Massachusetts in May 2004. "One Summer in New Paltz", probes into the debate on same-sex marriage examining the intersection of same-sex marriage, war, the Constitution, race and the family. A strong work about grass roots organizing, straight/gay alliances and confrontation with state repression.

One Summer in New Paltz: A Cautionary Tale

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations in contemporary India against the backdrop of the struggle for decriminalization. In 2009, the Delhi High Court ruled on the Naz Foundation case striking down section 377 of the India Penal Code, an 1861 British colonial law which criminalizes 'carnal knowledge against the order of nature'. However, in December 2013, the Supreme Court of India set aside the 2009 ruling and re criminalized LGBT peoples in India. 'There is no easy walk-over to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow again and before we reach the mountain tops of our desire.' Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 1939