Director Andrew Haigh unveils “Weekend,” a gay-themed movie to be embraced by gay and straight dienc alike.
Contents:
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
- ‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’: A GAY MEXIN IMMIGRANT LOVE STORY
- HERE’S A GAY ITALIAN LOVE STORY TO AWAKEN YOUR INNER ROMEO: MUSIC VIDEO
- GAY LOVE STORY AIMS TO APPEAL TO ALL
- THIS POST-WAR PRISON DRAMA ISN’T A “GAY MOVIE”, IT’S A LOVE STORY
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg. * gay movie love story at the restaurant *
Andrew Ahn’s father once told him that there were “no gay people Korea. In a culturally nservative muny, where gog to church and buildg a fay were heavily emphasized, Ahn felt his gay inty kept him “om beg able to participate Korean culture. ” Then, he started equentg GAMeBoi, a weekly Asian Amerin gay party at Wt Hollywood’s Rage Nightclub.
He learned to embrace beg both Korean and gay, so much so that he directed “Fire Island, ” a groundbreakg queer Asian Amerin rom- released last year. Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg to people of lor. “Fdg plac like GAMeBoi, where beg queer and Asian do -exist … It’s not like a 1, 000-year-old Korean cultural rual, but I uld create a new rual, ” said Ahn, a recent Friday, hundreds packed QT Nightlife’s monthly K-Pop Night at Micky’s, a Wt Hollywood gay club a block or so east om the old GAMeBoi posed for selfi a pk Barbie box wh dis balls hangg overhead.
” (Michael Owen Baker / For The Tim) Even historilly gay neighborhoods like Wt Hollywood or San Francis’s Castro district, Asian Amerins have long been ignored or fetishized, seen as feme and weak. In 2019, then-Wt Hollywood Mayor John Duran argued that he did not appropriately touch a member of the Gay Men’s Chos of Los Angel bee “he’s a skny Korean kid wh pimpl on his cheek. ” Asian Amerin advocy groups cricized Duran’s remark, wh API Equaly-LA potg to the long history of discrimatn agast Asian men gay muni such as Wt Hollywood, whose clubs “ed to require three forms of photo intifitn om anyone they perceived as Asian.
‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’: A GAY MEXIN IMMIGRANT LOVE STORY
” said Crisman, a 36-year-old gay Korean Amerin rearcher and artist. On this night, he had brought some female high school iends who wanted to experience the gay clubbg scene. Related: 15 Gay Romantic Films That Will Make You Believe Happily Ever After(Imag urty of their rpective studs).
HERE’S A GAY ITALIAN LOVE STORY TO AWAKEN YOUR INNER ROMEO: MUSIC VIDEO
This 2018 romantic edy-drama follows Simon, a 17-year-old who has not yet e out to his iends or fay and fds himself nversatg onle wh an anonymo gay stunt who go by the name "Blue.
Based loosely on Shakpeare's Henry IV, Part 1 & 2, and Henry V plays, this movie shows the journey of gay htlers Mike and Stt, and their search for Mike's mother. UFO enthiast Brian reprs the memory and nvc himself he was a victim an alien abductn, whereas Neil mov to New York to seek fulfillment as a gay sex worker. A queer cult classic, the film centers on a gay teen growg up ral England the 1990s.
GAY LOVE STORY AIMS TO APPEAL TO ALL
Somewhat based on Dolan's life, the film follows the plited, sometim tense relatnship between a young gay man and his mother.
A edy pokg fun at the "gay bt iend" stereotype, the film explor g out high school and navigatg iendships and school when that happens. The film, based on the 1971 novel of the same name, featur a gay love story set Edwardian England. The members learn to embrace their tths and eventually bee a gay-straight alliance.
Turned down once aga by the rtrant owner after askg about a potential openg the kchen, Iván follows childhood iend Sandra’s (played by Mexin actrs and stand-up edian Michelle Rodríguez) advice to acpany her to an unrground gay bar, where he meets Gerardo (Christian Vázquez), a teachg assistant at the universy.
THIS POST-WAR PRISON DRAMA ISN’T A “GAY MOVIE”, IT’S A LOVE STORY
Gerardo is the victim of a btal homophobic attack on the streets of Puebla. The Uned Stat, for both, is not only a land of opportuny but one that allows them to be themselv, away om their untry’s machismo and homophobia.