Another Gay Movie: An oral history

Contents:

• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• "I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
• ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
• SPECIAL FEATURE: NO REGRET 후회하지 않아 (2006) | THE FIRST KOREAN GAY THEMED MOVIE
• ANOTHER GAY MOVIE (2006)STREAM AND WATCH ONLE
• GAY DRAMAS/MOVI
• WHY GAY GUYS LOVE THE '300' MOVI
• GAY PORNOGRAPHY
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• SCHOOL BOARD TERMAT TEACHER OVER DOLLY PARTON, MILEY CYS 'RABOWLAND' SONG, FOLKS STILL GAY
• 10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA
• 10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters. In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet. While there is no way to “drs gay, ” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt obssg!

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said. In celebratn of the film’s 15th anniversary, a “Director’s Cut” re-release provis an opportuny to reach new dienc, which rais the qutn: Will a provotive product of s time like Another Gay Movie still feel relevant today, or will jt feel offensive?

We were dog somethg that we weren’t sure we uld get away Another Gay Movie wrten, Stephens and his llaborators ma plans to stage live readgs of the script at queer film ftivals, both as dry ns for the joke-heavy dialogue, and to build buzz among dienc and potential fanciers. The creative team worked hard to stretch their funds and build the gay fantasy world of their dreams, all a historic neighborhood south of Stephens: So I had partnered up wh TLA, which still exists; they were this big distributor of gay films, and they were actually puttg the movi to theaters. While a few big nam passed on the opportuny, others were eager to play, imbug the film wh more gay ’s Parents (Stt Thompson and Lypska)Photo: Chris Stephens / Breakg Glass PicturTodd Stephens: Stt Thompson and Lypska were part of some of the st readgs, so we were lucky to have them for the film too, as Andy’s parents.

"I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE

Usually sets that move that quickly are strsful bee there’s no time to waste—you’ve got to get everythg spot on—but was such a fun (Jonah Blechman) shar some big news wh his mother (Stephanie McVay)Photo: Chris Stephens/Breakg Glass PicturIn what beme one of Another Gay Movie’s most memorable scen, Stephens uldn’t rist spoofg the most predictable of queer cema trop, the g out scene. He took spiratn om his own work, Edge Of Seventeen, stagg Ni’s emotnal nfsn to his mother the exact same way as the drama’s emotnal climax—but wh a hilar Stephens: The whole pot of Another Gay Movie was that I didn’t want beg gay to be part of the nflict—I didn’t want any of the characters to have shame about that. So to [spoof] that scene— uld only work if was as heartfelt and vulnerable as ’s (Michael Carbonaro) morng gets terpted by his parents (Lypska, Stt Thompson)Photo: Chris Stephens/Breakg Glass PicturLike many of the teen edi of s time, Another Gay Movie was not aaid to show some sk.

ANOTHER GAY MOVIE

” I gus there was—and I’m sure there still is today—the ncern that, if you were gay, you uldn’t play Blechman: In my own reer, I started off film kissg Leonardo DiCapr, and after playg a queer character that film the early ’90s, I end up losg my agents and managers bee of other rol that were g that were queer.

Todd Stephens: There’s this whole other topic of the sequel, Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!, which I know is not what this is about, but that was sad bee I wanted to brg this fay together aga and go back to that crazy world, didn’t work out wh everyone [of Another Gay Movie’s four leads, only Jonah Blechman returned for the sequel].

But ma me realize there was a lot of magic what we Stole as Sloppi SendsPhoto: Chris Stephens/Breakg Glass PicturFifteen years later, Stephens has lked up wh pennt distributor Breakg Glass Pictur to liver a “Director’s Cut” time for Another Gay Movie’s anniversary. The boys (Jonathan Chase, Mch Morris, Michael Carbonaro, Jonah Blechman) look on shock at Muffler’s secretPhoto: Chris Stephens / Breakg Glass PicturIn the ensug years, Another Gay Movie has predomantly found s fans cur young viewers, s lorful promo image tchg the ey of vio store browsers and streamg platform scrollers.

SPECIAL FEATURE: NO REGRET 후회하지 않아 (2006) | THE FIRST KOREAN GAY THEMED MOVIE

[Alison Foreman]One need only mentn that Victor/Victoria stars Julie Andrews as a stgglg soprano who, wh the help of a mischievo gay performer, cis to pass herself off as a female impersonator 1930s Paris—fallg for a dashg gangster the procs.

Armand and Albert are unrervedly happy for the bri and groom, but ’s Barbara’s homophobic parents, Senator Kev Keeley (Gene Hackman) and wife Louise (Dianne Wit), who risk spoilg the fun should they fd out about Val’s fathers and his tranged mother Kathare (Christe Baranski). In a time when so many of the topics addrsed by the film -- poverty, the school-to-prison pipele, homophobia -- rema real issu vulnerable muni and Ameri, is ed a privilege to have a film like PeopleMolly Shannon di over the urse of a year the film Other People.

SiegedSec, a self-scribed group of gay furry hackers, took s skills to state ernments late June, breachg agenci across five stat and releasg a wealth of data.The stat targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carola. Wh tl like Love, Simon and Paris Is Burng to Tangere and Brokeback Mounta, the list has a wi range of genr and moods, but they all have somethg mon: they all "promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema. Culled om a longlist of hundreds, movi nsired for the list promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema.

ANOTHER GAY MOVIE (2006)STREAM AND WATCH ONLE

And we regnize that some of the films the list will re-igne healthy bat that have been fixtur of discsn around LGBTQ+ films — straight actors playg gay characters, cis actors playg trans characters, and the historil domance of whe male perspectiv. For our most recent update to the list, we’ve add mastream edi Fire Island and Bros, thriller Knock at the Cab (featurg two pairs of hbands whose vatn is terpted by the potential apolypse), Disney feature Strange World (wh the stud’s first openly gay lead character), Blue Jean (a Brish drama set durg the Thatcher premiership), the extremely well-reviewed Girl Picture), France’s magil realist The Five Devils, and Cann 2023 buts Monster and Strange Way of Life.

Daddy and the Mcle Amy (1991)The erotic gay drawgs of Too Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Fland, are one of the Sndavian pensula’s most famo queer exports, and this documentary, the only film to feature the man himself, is a handy entry to his work and reer. That unbearable, paful erotic tensn is more or ls the staed mood of Oliver Herman’ shimmerg and sensual ary drama “Moffie,” which is easily the bt movie about gay male reprsn sce “God’s Own Country.” Set 1981 South Ai at the apex of the South Ain Borr War, the film’s story of gay unrequed sire turns out to be a sg for somethg far more lethal s marrow. Nagisa Ōshima shocked the ternatnal arthoe scene wh the sexually brazen “In the Realm of the Sens” 1976, but revised the dangero world of sexual polics more than 20 years later 1999’s “Taboo.” Set durg the fal years of the Edo perd Japan, “Taboo” centers on an androgyno-lookg samurai (played by Ryuhei Matsuda) whom his manr spects to be gay.

The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to know.The heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters. In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg queer.None of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet.

GAY DRAMAS/MOVI

While there is no way to “drs gay,” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim imagable.While I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt iend.Keep obssg! Released April 28th, 2006, 'Another Gay Movie' stars Michael Carbonaro, Jonah Blechman, Jonathan Chase, Mch Morris The NR movie has a ntime of about 1 hr 32 m, and received a er sre of 60 (out of 100) on TMDb, which llated reviews om 152 rpected ers. 's about as good as you image based on the hype and maybe more they censored the non gay element but the subtext is so obv youd have to be like, Really straight to not pick up on you n tell that they love each other, even if they dont kiss onscreen or get married for realand the appeal of the show don't end at the relatnship between the leads.

I was close thoughsrstory: 7/10characters: 9/10pairgs: 8/10 (brought down by lacklter sendary pair)anger sle: 2/10worthy of beg nsired one of the bt cw (spoiler ee): homophobia, parental abe, animal ath, fay ath, suici, some nsfw at the startma me cry? There's like one or two jumpsr, the ma characters m suici cw: homophobic parents, ternalized homophobia, vlence, irl shippg (sort of)story: 8/10characters: 10/10pairg: 10/10anger sle: hhhhh/10 (5/10)you really have no exce not to watch this show. Also hets:/anger sle: 2/10this is a show about rernatn and fated lovers, given that premise s no surprise that both of them m suici ep one (after beg nonted by their homophobic fathers) now they are rernated and get a new shot at love - on first imprsn this feels a ltle like a cheap exce to have them be head over heels for each other at first sight, but once their past liv' relatnship gets explored more flashbacks, and seeg how pharm's trma over havg seen his boyiend m suici a past life impacts him...

WHY GAY GUYS LOVE THE '300' MOVI

)characters: 6/10 (b weak unfortunately)pairgs: 7/10anger sle: 4/10 cw: homophobia, homophobic bullyg, homophobic parents, suici attempt, teacher/stunt relatnship (backstory, not the ma relatnship or much foc at all)srstory: 10/10characters: 7/10short but very nuanced, realistic and hopeful. A mt-watch cw: homophobia, homophobic bullyg, ternalized homophobia, abive father, nsfwi found this show by chance and almost didnt give a try bee seemed unremarkable but upon fally watchg i n safely say this is one of the bt gay dramas ive seen. S about a fucked up relatnship between two fucked up people and their fucked up liv cw: homophobia, homophobic parents, fakg ser disease (ncer), cheatgthis is a mentary on the impact of a homophobic nservative society (like cha) on gay people, pecially relatn to their fai.

Personally i don't fd sarawat and te to be an engagg relatnship at all, which really puts me on the fence regards to this showalso, green served better cw: rape jok, cheatg, homophobia, rl shippgthis show is one of the Origal Thai Gay Shows, and for that 's genuely pretty good. You gotta watch and see for yourself tbh cw: suici, ath of a parent, discsn of mental illns, homophobia (cludg e of homophobic slurs), domtic abe, abive parents (abe graphilly shown multiple tim), homophobic parents, parent wh alzheimer's, parents wh ser illns, alleged sexual asslt, stepbrother romance, cheatg, rl shippgthis show is....

GAY PORNOGRAPHY

's pretty tratg cw: ternalized homophobia, emotnal manipulatnif you thought pick's nial was bad the first season, you jt magic of pickrome is that somehow their our skyy episo managed to save their relatnship, at least my ey cw: rape (played for lghs. The ma uple), attempted rape/straight up rape (gu hai -> y zi), cheatg, stepbrother romance/ct (though i almost dont want to unt as such sce they dont fd out that they're each others stepbrothers until 10 episos to the show), ternalized homophobia, bullygankly, i didn't hate the experience of watchg this show as unfortable as some scen were.

Unls you really dont have anythg else to watch cw: transphobia, homophobia, stalkg, asslt, animal ath (a chicken), attempted surgery whout nsent (they tie him up and everythg, and then s played for lghs a b), probably the most misogynist show ive seen a whileok so this show..... 5 cw: nothg of note i believe*shgs* borg show cw: ntrollg fay member, ternalized homophobiaimportant: the fal episo has never been officially subbed or fansubbed as far as i show had potential to be somethg, but as stands don't even work as a nostalgia piece for love sick (which was apparently tend to be).

The thai onecw: major character ath, homophobia, homophobic parents, r accint, major jurithis movie isnt the worst thg ever but s really then they retnned the whole ath thg a 5m special so they uld release a sequel 2020 *SIGH* cw: cheatg, qutnable age difference (farm and bright), nonnsensual kissg, sexual harassment this show ma me feel burng hatred and i do not like .

KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

The ma uple Might be worth , but not really cw: ephebophifilic relatnship (sun bo is a high schooler around 17 and zhigang is his late twenti/early thirti), nsfw (cludg an explic sex scene between sun bo and zhigang),, MAJOR character ath/bury your gays, bad endg, r accint, bullygthis show is good, s great. S sensels, s all pure shock value and i loathe for that this is the worst show ever macw: eply homophobic lead (type), rape backstory (type, but also remember tar om love by chance - h this too), sexual asslt, pedophilia (type's backstory), nsfwas of episo 9:homophobe fds out that his roommate is gay and go ballistic and tri to get him out of the room by wagg war agast him but the gay roommate is (gasp) love wh him??? But we're not gog to prive ourselv of a movie anchise which provis sewy almost-naked men, jt to prove Symbolism and Insi JokWhat a neon se: Warrrs preparg to fend the Wt (Ameri) om barbarians om the EastWhat a du-bro se: Some Persians about to get a gay du se: Sorry, I'm way to watch 300 is to kd of pretend 's seepg subversive symbolism (which may or may not be), and you're the only one who gets (you're not).

SCHOOL BOARD TERMAT TEACHER OVER DOLLY PARTON, MILEY CYS 'RABOWLAND' SONG, FOLKS STILL GAY

And there's somethg funny the thought that theaters all throughout Ameri, legns of straight men will be crammg to theaters to watch all of this homoeroticism — whether they're aware or Hey, ThemistoklWhat a neon se: Really good-lookg warrr preparg to fend the Wt (Ameri) om barbarians om the a du-bro se: Some Persians about to get pwned by a really good-lookg a gay du se: A really good-lookg man, though he isn't sure if he wants to sleep wh him or jt look like him. "At Sparta, for example, the separatn of the sex at an early age, together wh attus peculiar to other Greeks on the role of women, rulted overtly homosexual relatnships centerg on life the barracks, " an Amerin ary historian and scholar wrote his book The Wtern Way of War.

[24] Mastream pani, such as Faln Entertament, Hot Hoe Entertament, Channel 1 Releasg, Lus Entertament, Ragg Stalln Studs, Lus Kazan Productns and Tan Media and LGBT health advot assert that ndomls vios promote unsafe sex and ntribute to the HIV/AIDS panmic, both the pornography dtry and the gay muny as a whole. [24] At least one bareback stud agre that porn should promote healthy sexual behavrs, but disagre on the fn of healthy this ntext: speakg about the AIDS crisis, Treasure Island Media owner and founr Pl Morris has exprsed his belief that, [25]To a great extent, the current gay mdset surroundg HIV is a rult of a generatn of men livg wh PTSD and not gettg the support and help they need now that the war is over. Tool & Die (1979) were praised for their nsistent portrayals of male/male sex occurrg between gged, mascule men who me om blue-llar and ral backgrounds and who related as "equal partners" – avoidg the equent stereotyp of such men as effemate habants of urban gay neighborhoods, or who were ught up a nstrag "you play the woman, I'll be the man" mdset of domant/submissive rol.

10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA

But as wh so much of Hchck, ’s hard to say that this is an outright homophobic visn, pecially when the script has the souciance of Osr Wil: “Before this day is out I fear we’ll hear that terribly old-fashned but que exprsive term ‘foul play, ’” Sanrs says, all while munchg on a chicken leg.

A direct fluence on Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971), Funeral Para of Ros gleefully subverts all notn of rpectabily, givg the viewer an unashamed snapshot of 1960s Japane gay subculture on the way, as queers Tokyo speak their mds to the mera. Happy Together (1997)This is one of the olt gay films ever ma, a vivid and exhilaratg pictn of two men om Hong Kong – Lai (Tony Lng) and Ho (Llie Chng) – an tense on-aga-off-aga relatnship, who travel to Argenta to vis Iguazu Falls, but end up repeatg the cycle of fily and celty. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (2006)Gay characters appear throughout the work of Malaysian director Tsai Mg-liang, om the suicidal homosexual man  Vive l’amour (1994), the hopeful horny Japane guy cisg the cema  Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003) and the father and son the bleak The River (1997).

In his first feature ma Malaysia (his prev work was filmed Taiwan), Mg-liang regular Lee Kang-sheng stars two rol – as a atose man red for by a woman, and as a migrant worker Kuala Lumpur who is beaten up and red for by a gay Banglashi man. A few d homosexuals n be found  Aled Hchck’s early work (check out the swishy drsmaker 1925’s The Pleasure Garn), while Ivor Novello’s films play up the flamboyant star’s androgyny, playg very odd, allegedly heterosexual men  The Lodger (1926) and The Man whout Dire (1923).

10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS

It took another 10 years before partial crimalisatn took effect wh the Sexual Offenc act 1967, which allowed homosexual acts, private, between two men over the age of 21 – many feel Basil Dearn’s film helped liberalise attus and pave the way towards tolerance towards gay people. The Leather Boys (1964)The Brish ‘kchen sk’ dramas, foced around workg-class liv, that prevailed the late 50s and early 60s ocsnally ntaed sympathetic gay characters, such as Murray Melv’s stunt  A Taste of Honey (1961) and Cicely Courtneidge’s ageg actor  The L-shaped Room (1962).