A nflicted gay man stggl to teach his younger self about the challeng of adult life. Searchg for answers si stori om his past, he mt nf...
Contents:
- CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: MIKE PIAZZA ANNOUNC, ‘I’M NOT GAY. I’M HETEROSEXUAL.’
- I'M NOT GAY (2020) | SHORT FILM
- I'M NOT GAY
- I’M NOT GAY
- IM NOT GAY
CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: MIKE PIAZZA ANNOUNC, ‘I’M NOT GAY. I’M HETEROSEXUAL.’
In 2021, a time of surgg populist rhetoric and a stggle to fd ternatnal uny, tak the stori of those around , of those we may not unrstand, to remd of our shared humany. It is here, where our inti nverge rather than diverge, where the le between gay and straight begs to blur, that the nversatn of the next generatn is already takg place. What do mean to be a man? What do mean if you're not? 'I'm Not Gay' utilis a fn of documentary and fictnal story tellg, dance sequenc, and science, to tell a new story of masculy - and the toll tak on those who fy . * i'm not gay 2020 *
And 2002, Piazza held a news nference to clare, “I’m not gay. ” In dog so, he ma many thk he is, fact, gay.
In the June/July 2002 issue of Details magaze, then-New York Mets manager Bobby Valente said he believed baseball was ready for an openly gay player. There is a persistent mor around town that one Mets star who spends a lot of time wh pretty mols clubs is actually gay and has started to thk about clarg his sexual orientatn. Amidst swirlg mors that the gay player is him, the next day New York Met tcher Mike Piazza held a prs nference to clare, “I’m not gay.
” And dog so ma many thk he is fact gay.
I'M NOT GAY (2020) | SHORT FILM
* i'm not gay 2020 *
He agreed wh Valente that baseball players, ne years ago, would accept a gay teammate:. Yet many people, particularly gay people, took offense.
I'M NOT GAY
Whether Piazza’s ments were supportive or not, the implitn to many was that beg lled gay was emed so bad that you had to clear up the mor.
I’M NOT GAY
“He plays for the Mets” quickly beme shorthand for “he’s gay. ” And the Piazza-gay mors only tensified after the prs nference.
To this day, many thk Piazza is gay based exclively on that prs nference; One mastream sports Web se said 2004: “When we thk of gay athlet, the first one who to md is Mike Piazza, then there is Olympic gold medalist diver, Greg Louganis.
“If I was gay, I’d be gay all the way. It is here, where our inti nverge rather than diverge, where the le between gay and straight begs to blur, that the nversatn of the next generatn is already takg place.
IM NOT GAY
'I'm Not Gay' utilis a fn of documentary and fictnal story tellg, dance sequenc, and science, to tell a new story of masculy - and the toll tak on those who fy . A nflicted gay man stggl to teach his younger self about the challeng of adult life. Documentary meets mil feature this experimental g of age drama about power and masculy morn day Atralia - a bridge between the gay and straight experience (see).
I began velopg 'I'm Not Gay' at the end of 2018 after several years workg as a viographer, choreographer, and mician.
What started as a rearch project about gay men soon evolved to an adventure of self enquiry. A gay film for straight people.