An excerpt om Ben McCormack's 2000 short film about a gay enunter a Sydney bathhoe
Contents:
- BEN MCCORMACK'S SHORT FILM ABOUT A GAY ENUNTER A BATHHOE
- MY HBAND'S SECRET GAY LIFE
- THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF AN AMERIN FRATERNY
- ‘COULDN’T BELIEVE I WAS SEEG ’: HOME MOVI OFFER RARE GLIMPSE OF GAY LIFE ST. LOUIS 1945
- TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
BEN MCCORMACK'S SHORT FILM ABOUT A GAY ENUNTER A BATHHOE
* secret gay encounters *
Straight men who have engaged suatnal homosexualy (such as prison or the ary), what's your story?
MY HBAND'S SECRET GAY LIFE
In volume 2 of the h In Male seri, we peek on four forbidn enunters between secret gay lovers. Liam Harkmoore sc married, straight llege profsor Rob Yaeger, while Aaron Slate tracks down tranged step-dad Jam Haton to nfs his love for the olr man. Bt buddi Alex Greene and Ty Rorick cheat on their unspectg girliends to hook up wh each other, and Liam Harkmoore nonts Alex about his cheatg ways, only to be tght the hottt lson he'll ever learn. * secret gay encounters *
He was terrified he’d be exposed as the lculatg bastard he is — not simply a closeted gay man ught after a rels discretn.
Picture a 1940s gas statn that doubl as a pickup spot, plete wh clanste hetero and homosexual enunters, a trailer out back for secret renz-vo, and young, strappg men offerg their “servic” for $20 apiece.
THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF AN AMERIN FRATERNY
Dozens of gay men gather for a pool party a seclud spot Hillsboro, Missouri. Home movi pture their easy affectn and reee dancg. But… * secret gay encounters *
Well, not if you’ve heard of Stty the Goln Age of Hollywood, Bowers, an Illois native, arranged sexual assignatns (both gay and straight) for some of the world’s biggt stars. Hollywood, once an epicenter of sexual eedom, participated “straightwashg, ” or erasg gay sir and narrativ om s history and prent.
This forced gay men and women, pecially those the public eye, unrground and th brought about Stty Bowers. He garnered even more notoriety due to his iendship wh director Gee Cor, also featured Hollywood for his famed parti, rampant wh gay affairs. Now, as an adult, I primarily intify as gay, and I feel strongly that havg those experienc durg my formative years helped shape my sexual inty.
‘COULDN’T BELIEVE I WAS SEEG ’: HOME MOVI OFFER RARE GLIMPSE OF GAY LIFE ST. LOUIS 1945
Still, as an adult, whenever I've brought this up wh my straight (and generally gay-iendly) buddi, they whout exceptn ny ever havg had siar experienc. It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch. To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said.
TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
In volume 2 of the h In Male seri, we peek on four forbidn enunters between secret gay lovers. No, this is a story about thgs I saw and heard and experienced, but don’t end wh me steppg bravely forward and proudly clarg my homosexualy to the world and fdg my place . Some of the iends did turn out to be gay, though I had no ia at the time, as they, I thk, had srcely any ia about me.