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IN ‘KISS OF THE RABB GOD,’ CHA’S PATRON SAT OF GAY LOVERS TAK CENTER STAGE
Andrew Thomas Huang has a plited relatnship wh Che-Amerin filmmaker grew up a nservative Christian muny that nsired homosexualy a psychologil afflictn.
When he me out as gay, someone even phed nversn was one more battle for Huang, who spent his childhood years a predomantly whe suburb of Los Angel, where he not only had to navigate beg a racial mory, but also overe the emotnal and spirual shame of beg no longer intifi as Christian, but his latt short film, Kiss of the Rabb God, he a spirual, if not relig, in to e to terms wh his sexualy. / Photo: Courty of the artistThe rult was Kiss of the Rabb God, a highly stylized tale of a gay Che-Amerin’s sexual awakeng, bed wh Che mythology. ”(Read more: A Che mother’s letter to her gay dghter)Part of Huang’s goal wh the film was to honor his parents’ experience.
/ Photo: Courty of the artistThe tular Rabb God appears as Matt, burnt out om work, is liftg heavy box a smoky peak exhstn, the rtrant’s doors flg open, and a myster handsome figure wh fiery red hair is Huang’s terpretatn of the Rabb God, a y om Che mythology who is said to protect gay Jeff Chen plays the tular y “Kiss of the Rabb God.
SIMPLE & GAYFORWARD
” / Photo: Courty of the artistHuang was spired to create a film around the character after a trip to Mexi Cy, where he learned about Xōchipilli, the Aztec god of flowers and patron sat of gay lovers. “He’s there for all the gay Asian boys who never thought they were worth anythg. ” / Photo: Courty of the artist“Sex has always been a se of liberatn for queer people, ” Huang says, “but let’s be hont, has mostly been for whe, cis, gay men.