As "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to an end, we sent Chris Heath to terview dozens of gay servicemen om the past and prent to fd out what life was really like as Ameri's ary stggled wh s last great inty crisis
Contents:
- THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
- RSIAN FIGHTER PILOTS’ GAY ROMANCE – MOSW CALLS IT “SHAMEFUL” AND BANS
- ‘FIREBIRD’ REVIEW: STEAMY GAY COLD WAR DRAMA RELLS RSIA’S PAST ATROCI
- TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
“Beg gay was a crimal offence. ” Rebane knew he was gay at the age of ne. ”Remarkably for a film wh such overtly gay ntent, several exterr scen were filmed Mosw.
“After that, ” adds Prr, “there was a plat about beg ‘homosexual propaganda’. Fans of romance, take heed: the trailer for the gay historil drama Firebird has arrived.
RSIAN FIGHTER PILOTS’ GAY ROMANCE – MOSW CALLS IT “SHAMEFUL” AND BANS
Both a Cold War thriller and a te story of a secret love, Rebane's feature highlights the steamy passns of young gay romance an environment where exprsg such feelgs is lethal. It won an honorable mentn for Bt First film has also screened at Mosw Internatnal Film Ftival, Durban Internatnal Film Ftival, Outft Los Angel LGBTQ Film Ftival, and Hong Kong Lbian & Gay Film Ftival.
‘FIREBIRD’ REVIEW: STEAMY GAY COLD WAR DRAMA RELLS RSIA’S PAST ATROCI
Art imat life Firebird, a Brish-Estonian productn about a gay war-romance set agast the backdrop of 1970s Soviet-occupied Estonia. Bis beg a sensive and betiful gay love story, Firebird now offers somethg unexpected and powerful; stands to reprent that fightg spir and how has always existed throughout history var forms.
Acrdg to The Guardian, Prr’s ditn to Firebird was spired by wantg to tell Sergey Fetisov’s story fahfully and to reprent gay romance as betiful rather than tragic. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.
In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “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. Gay Water, however, is out and proud.
TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.
The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.
Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.