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Contents:

• IN FROM THE SI: THE GAY RUGBY DRAMA FLICK COMG TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU
• HUNKY STAR OF GAY GBY MOVIE ‘IN FROM THE SI’ NFIRMS HE IS “NOT STRAIGHT”
• A NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR THE LIV AND ROMANC OF GAY RUGBY PLAYERS
• TO GAY GBY, WH LOVE – MATT CARTER ON MAKG ‘IN FROM THE SI’
• IN FROM THE SI REVIEW – GAY GBY DRAMA IS TOO SLOW ON S FEET
• HOW AMAZON PRIME’S GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY STEELERS PLETELY FLIPS THE DISURSE OF MASTREAM LGBTQ+ STORI
• DIRECTOR OF ACCLAIMED GAY GBY FILM IN OM THE SI ON MUD, SWEAT AND ‘IDT’ HOMOPHOB
• STEELERS: THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY RUGBY CLUB
• GAY GBY PLAYER TEXAS SHAR HIS PRI VIO TO SPIRE OTHERS TO LOVE THEMSELV
• GAY PRO GBY PLAYER SPIRED TO E OUT BY LOVE OF HIS BOYIEND

IN FROM THE SI: THE GAY RUGBY DRAMA FLICK COMG TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU

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Dennis is a 28-year-old gay man who plays on a Wt Hollywood softball team wh his close, tty pals. Intertgly, this film was directed by gay producer Greg Berlanti (hband of gay soccer player Robbie Rogers) and stars actor John Mahoney who lived the glass closet until his 2017 ath.

HUNKY STAR OF GAY GBY MOVIE ‘IN FROM THE SI’ NFIRMS HE IS “NOT STRAIGHT”

It was also one of the only gay films durg s time not foced on homophobia and HIV. The straight-washed trailer above only hts at the gay storyle buried this film’s send half. When Iceland’s bad-boy football star Ottar Thor out as gay, his entire life flat quicker than a punctured soccer ball.

But when he’s given a choice to return to the pro-sports closet or start playg on a smaller gay lol team, Thor has to choose between a glamoro life or an thentic one. The director, Michael Akers, -wrote the screenplay om terviews wh wheelchair-g gay men, and ’s one of the few films existence to al wh gay men and disabili.

As Conor’s teammat prsure him to abandon Ned, Ned fds himself creasgly sick of his school’s homophobic snobbery, brgg both boys to a breakg pot that uld end their iendship. Cocky and cunng Jason — played by gay actor Rsell Tovey— seems termed to get unr A’s earnt exterr. There’s a new gay movie g to cemas, and this one is a powerful and rnchy drama between two gby players.

A NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR THE LIV AND ROMANC OF GAY RUGBY PLAYERS

What at first seems to be a film about two gay men who embark on a relatnship, sps out to a much bigger story about gay men tryg to navigate life and love and iendship.

I thk there are a lot of ‘g out’ and ‘homophobia’ films and I was terted gettg beyond that. Another important topic that the movie taps to is the stereotype of gay men and monogamy.

TO GAY GBY, WH LOVE – MATT CARTER ON MAKG ‘IN FROM THE SI’

“It don’t e om homophobia or g out, ’s a film about monogamy, adultery, and open relatnships which aren’t explored very much other gay films. The “gay gby movie. Related: Get ready to fall love wh the handsome stars of gay gby drama ‘In From The Si’.

Fans took to the ments to share their support for the actor and love of the film, but one lled to qutn s thenticy earlier this week, wrg, “I loved the movie and s actors are still very handsome but I still thk that the actors are posg as gay but they are not.

But wh Emmerdale behd him, hopefully that e Lln up to take on more excg gay projects like In From The Si the future.

IN FROM THE SI REVIEW – GAY GBY DRAMA IS TOO SLOW ON S FEET

As a "B Squad" of gay athlet tri to overe experience and ph past rivalri to sre an elive w, a secret affair simmers among them. In om the Si, a new film explorg the iendships and romanc of gay gby players, recently had s premiere at the BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Ftival. For starters, gby is somethg of a niche, lolized sport, and that alone n make a eful vehicle for breakg up the trop of gay cema.

“I thk there are a lot of ‘g out’ and ‘homophobia’ films and I was terted gettg beyond that.

HOW AMAZON PRIME’S GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY STEELERS PLETELY FLIPS THE DISURSE OF MASTREAM LGBTQ+ STORI

It don’t e om homophobia or g out, ’s a film about monogamy, adultery and open relatnships which aren’t explored very much other gay films. “Why n’t somethg physil be off-lims to gay men?

Wrer-director Matt Carter talks exclively to Sports Media LGBT+ about the film’s world premiere, tellg gay stori on screen, and his gby passn…. An dience member light-heartedly asked the rhetoril qutn: “Who even knew gay gby existed?!

DIRECTOR OF ACCLAIMED GAY GBY FILM IN OM THE SI ON MUD, SWEAT AND ‘IDT’ HOMOPHOB

Drivg his ambn forwards was the enjoyment he has found gay gby as a player and a ach over several years. The plot revolv around Mark (Alexanr Lln), makg his way through London life as a happily out young gay man, upled up wh an olr boyiend who’s often away on bs.

Where go next after BFI Flare is yet to be announced, but what’s certa is that anyone nnected wh gay gby will be eager to tch , and thoroughly serv to fd broad support om outsi IGR circl too. Gay gby keeps growg, wh new IGR clubs beg formed every year around the world. As gay men, we might feel that masculy is somethg that exists solely wh the heteronormative doma and that we’re not wele or ’s not for .

Add to that, was important that we ma a cisn early on that we’d have no ‘g out’ storyl and we’d have no homophobia storyl. That’s bee once you ee yourself of that, allows you to explore much more of the terpersonal relatnships that happen a group of thentic gay men – thentic the sense that they’re happy wh who they are.

STEELERS: THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY RUGBY CLUB

There are so many stori to tell beyond jt g out and beyond homophobia. As gay men, we’ve probably all had a iend who we’ve fancied where ’s not been reciproted. Joy, celebratn, acceptance – Steelers has a place for everyone (Picture: Amazon Prime)The Kg’s Cross Steelers may not be a team on your radar, whether you’re gay or straight, but few clubs will have ma que the impact of the self-ma gby teamed found a north London pub 25 years ago.

The film follows the Steelers as they make the biannual pilgrimage to the Bgham World Cup where, 25 years after the Steelers was formed, a further 60 clubs worldwi followed s lead, and now every two years they e together and battle out – savagely – the biggt gay gby tournament the world. As turned out, he soon found a new fay – a team of gay men om all walks of LGBTQ+ life wh a shared love, passn, and talent for the sport which many gay men have otherwise been exclud om. The Kgs Cross Steelers attempt to w the gay gby world cup (Picture: Kgs Cross Steeelrs)‘I was lookg around the club and I realised wasn’t jt me who had felt this impact, was every sgle player.

I was tryg to work out what was about gay gby that was so special and a benef for all the queer people – mental health benefs om sport and beg able to form a relatnship away om dgs and alhol as well as reclaimg that place on the sportg pch where we’re told we don’t belong. So often, when gay people are seen on screen, our stori are tragic – ath, disease, margalisatn, abe. Simon is a player who me out as gay his early 30s and Steelers talks ankly about his prsn after sperately supprsg his sexualy, clgg on to hope that wouldn’t matter.

GAY GBY PLAYER TEXAS SHAR HIS PRI VIO TO SPIRE OTHERS TO LOVE THEMSELV

He was more than a gay man, and uld clg onto the rt of him bee surely that would be enough and life, at the very least, would be bearable. Simon didn’t e out until his early 30s and his urage is celebrated Steelers (Picture: Kgs Cross Steelers)Eventually, he told his fay and iends he was gay but was jilted when he told a bt iend, who was straight, he was love wh him. If they ronate, not only wh gay viewers but all sexuali and genrs, and if people n see hope and see you belong to somethg then the story has much more of an impact than beg a niche gay film.

GAY PRO GBY PLAYER SPIRED TO E OUT BY LOVE OF HIS BOYIEND

A msage perhaps particularly applible to gay men.

Wh both men already existg relatnships -- Warren wh a fellow teammate -- their affair threatens not only the liv they have ma for themselv but also the gay gby club they both play for. My -wrer, Adam Silver, and I said we didn’t want to make a film like that – there’ll be no g out or homophobia.

Why n’t somethg physil be off-lims to gay men? It really boils down to a sense of muny and belongg that I feel a lot of gay men haven’t had or don’t get bee we don’t have as many muny spac the morn world anymore. Team sports are somethg a lot of gay men probably didn’t get to experience at school bee wasn’t for them.