The biggt challenge any gay man’s life after 40 will be movg on om past relatnships and creatg a clean slate for new on. Many clients I work wh, who are lookg to create new relatnships, are still holdg on to their ex-boyiends even after many years have passed.…
Contents:
- GAY RELATNSHIP BREAKUP CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. HERE’S HOW TO AVOID THE RISKS
- HOW TO SURVIVE (AND W) A GAY BREAKUP
- EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: DAVID FäRDMAR ON HIS GAY BREAKUP MOVIE ARE WE LOST FOREVER “I WANTED TO CHALLENGE VIEWERS TO THK FOR THEMSELV”
- ‘UNUPLED’ STARS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS GAY BREAKUP JOURNEY; TUC WATKS REMEBERS HIS TIME ON DARREN STAR’S ‘MELROSE PLACE’
- 5 TIPS FOR GETTG OVER YOUR FIRST (GAY) BREAKUP
GAY RELATNSHIP BREAKUP CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. HERE’S HOW TO AVOID THE RISKS
We all love seeg a gay love story e together – but we seldom get to see the other si of that: gay breakups. Enter Darren Star’s new Netflix seri Unupled starrg Neil Patrick Harris. In the seri, Harris plays succsful real tate agent Michael Lawson who is livg his bt life New York * gay breakup *
Us gays, wh our propensy for the dramatic, might wish that when a relatnship ends we'd bee Dty's Child and emerge om the tear-staed sea, cked mo, reborn strong and pennt "Survivor"-style, but realistilly you're gog to be a plete fuckg begs are predictable creatur. In one episo of the Will & Grace reboot, Grace remarks at the oddy of observg Will ok breakfast for his ex-partner, Vce, who has jt shared the news of his engagement: "It always amaz me how gay guys stay iends wh all of their ex. Are such iendships more mon among gay men than they are among lbians or vice versa?
"You're Not Good Enough" is the send track on Blood Orange's sophomore album "Cupid Deluxe. Ahead of the UK and Irish release of Are We Lost Forever, The Queer Review’s edor Jam Klemann had an exclive chat wh the film’s wrer-director-producer David Färdmar about the origs of his gay break up movie, g sex to vtiage his characters, the stunng pop soundtrack featurg Swedish legends Ace of Base, and what he lov about Ang Lee’s classic Brokeback Mounta.
The dynamics of gay sex aren’t generally explored on film that much, like the discsns about bottomg we get here. Listen to this personal and poignant episo to learn how heartbreak n be a valuable part of your personal growth and this ep on YouTube- Connect wh -Jo the private Facebook munyTake the "Healg Your Shame" urseInstagramGayMenGogDeeper. Patreon-—Jo the Gay Men Gog Deeper Membership achg muny.
HOW TO SURVIVE (AND W) A GAY BREAKUP
We all love seeg a gay love story e together – but we seldom get to see the other si of that: gay breakups. After beg bldsid by this news Michael has to navigate his new world as a sgle gay man… his mid-40s… New York Cy. “I thk the gay relatnship has had s own evolutn, ” Harris told GLAAD’s Anthony Allen Ramos a recent terview.
“It didn’t feel like the gay breakup story was as universal as accepted as mastream as has been now. ” In addn to Harris, Allen spoke to actors show -creators Darren Star and Jefey Richman as well as actors Brooks Ashmanskas, Emerson Brooks, and the aforementned Tuc Watks, who has been a trailblazer as a gay actor.
EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: DAVID FäRDMAR ON HIS GAY BREAKUP MOVIE ARE WE LOST FOREVER “I WANTED TO CHALLENGE VIEWERS TO THK FOR THEMSELV”
“I’m a gay actor who’s been playg gay rol sce the ‘90s and when I played gay rol the 90s people said, you n’t be a gay guy playg gay rol, you won’t get to play the other rol, ” Watks explaed. “At the same time, they said, you’re a gay guy, you don’t get to play straight rol.
“We don’t have gay characters who are jt the gay clown or jt the terribly troubled gay guy or the psychopath – we have real flhed out character, ” said Watks.
‘UNUPLED’ STARS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS GAY BREAKUP JOURNEY; TUC WATKS REMEBERS HIS TIME ON DARREN STAR’S ‘MELROSE PLACE’
Star do remember Watks dng for “Matt” which was ultimately one of the first out gay characters on TV – which was a big al at the time. " It's all 's the land of rabows and RuPl Drag Rac, your first love will likely spl your heart half quicker than you n say, "I'm gay! Obvly, 's not jt gay men or lbian women who get their hearts broken right out of the gate.
However, there are unique ltle twists when 's your first gay romance that gets s bubble burst. It's enough to e you to beele back to the closet and curl up wh the dt bunni, mothballs and yterday's fashns, and never reveal your gay self to anyone aga. Gay, straight, bi, pan, or whatever, we're all virgs until we're not.
5 TIPS FOR GETTG OVER YOUR FIRST (GAY) BREAKUP
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