What GL (Girls Love) is, where to start — from GAP to The Handmaiden — and why watching it on a big screen with a hundred fans at FEL!ZA hits different.
GL (Girls Love) is the genre of series, films, anime and manga centered on love stories between women. Born in Japanese manga (where it's also called *yuri*), it exploded with the Thai and Korean series of recent years, and today has a global fandom — including a Buenos Aires fandom that gathers to watch it on a big screen at FEL!ZA.
The term covers any fiction whose romantic axis is between women: from slow-burn glances to shameless melodrama. Unlike festival "sapphic cinema", GL comes from Asian pop culture: episodic series, leading couples with carefully crafted chemistry and fandoms that analyze every gesture. You can enjoy it whether you're part of the community or not — but it's better in community.
At FEL!ZA (Av. Córdoba 3271, Buenos Aires) the Girls Love Viewing Party screens GL on a big screen with an atmosphere made for fangirling in peace: shared screams at every almost-kiss, a debate afterwards and themed games to meet other fans. It's the difference between watching alone on your phone and watching with a hundred people screaming at the same scene.
GL on the big screen
See when the next viewing party is →Almost: *yuri* is the Japanese term (manga/anime) and *GL* is the broader umbrella that today includes Thai, Korean and Japanese live-action series. Fandom uses them almost interchangeably.
No — FEL!ZA's viewing parties are open. It is a space designed by and for the community, with a safe and respectful atmosphere: if that sounds good to you, you're welcome.
At FEL!ZA, Av. Córdoba 3271 (Buenos Aires). Dates are published on the agenda at felizarcoiris.com — big-screen projection, debate and themed games afterwards.
Come to FEL!ZA
Your LGBTIQ+ home in Buenos Aires
Av. Córdoba 3271, between Almagro and Palermo. Wednesday to Sunday, 8pm to 5am. Join the community and meet people IRL.