Michael Cimo Says He Consulted Gay Co About Love, Victor

Contents:

• REVIEW: ARTISTILLY AWKWARD, BRAZILIAN GAY TEEN ROMANCE ‘COS’ STILL CHARMS
• MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'
• WATCH A TEENAGE BOY FD A STACK OF GAY PORN IN ADAM BARAN’S ADORABLE SHORT FILM ‘JACKPOT’

REVIEW: ARTISTILLY AWKWARD, BRAZILIAN GAY TEEN ROMANCE ‘COS’ STILL CHARMS

Brazilian Print Jair Bolsonaro’s homophobic nceptualizatn of his untry has no place Mro Carvalho and Thiago Cazado’s “Cos, ” a gay teen romance that blossoms wh the walls of a hyper-relig hoehold. However, a few hormone-filled days wh distant Mar (Cazado), h-out-of-prison gallant wh ltle mosty, yank the milly cled Lus out to the open fields of homoerotic exploratn. Deeply flawed yet enuragg, this sophomore outg evc that hefty fsg uld lnch Cazado as a fter, much need, pro-LGBTQ artistic voice at home.

Cimo, who stars as a gay teen disverg his sexualy the Hulu origal, told PEOPLE that he sought out the advice of a fay member before he began filmg. "I talked to my , who is gay, " he said. "Beg gay is not somethg that ns your fay.

MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'

If you're gay, you n't jt be like, 'Hey, Dad, what is like to be part of the LGBT muny? As the only out young gay kid at my school, I took the advancement of my sexual experienc to my own hands and I did what we all do: I bought a fake ID and h the gay clubs.

WATCH A TEENAGE BOY FD A STACK OF GAY PORN IN ADAM BARAN’S ADORABLE SHORT FILM ‘JACKPOT’

While I knew wouldn’t be like a gay llege eroti I’d read on (gay non, really), I rather naively wasn’t expectg the fall out.

I realize I fell to that old gay adage of placg my feelgs on a person who, for whatever reason, was never gog to vt them back me.

Worst of all, though, the shame attached to the memori of those first tim marred how I would approach sex for years.It was listeng to Years & Years’ new song “Sanctify,” and seeg the band’s out gay sger Olly Alexanr talk about how the song was spired his sexual trysts wh straight men, that I realized that the feelgs are way more mon than people let on. Sure, I know all about gay guys havg sex wh straight guys, but felt reassurg to see him scribe the “sat and sner role” he embodied durg those experienc, and to hear the uncertaty and melancholy weaved to the song.More than anythg though, was the repeated lyril mantra of “I won’t be ashamed.” Bee as queer people, we’re buried lifetime’s worth of shame so vivid and searg that oftentim ’s cripplg.