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- THE 14 BT GAY/LGBTQ MOVI ON NETFLIX
- STREAM IT OR SKIP IT: ‘LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK’ ON HBO, A DOCERI THAT TAK A LOOK AT 1990S POLICE INDIFFERENCE IN THE FACE OF GAY MEN GETTG MURRED
THE 14 BT GAY/LGBTQ MOVI ON NETFLIX
Unr the learship of disciplarians Mary Brown (Cathy Moriarty) and "formerly gay" Mike (RuPl Charl), mpers unrgo a five-step program to “rrect” their genr exprsn and "cure" their homosexualy. For s, the unassumg Orthodox Jewish uple quietly ran a gay bookstore and porn shop Southern California, takg a ont-row seat to the AIDS crisis and fdg a soft spot for a muny that once seemed foreign—all while raisg three children who had no ia about their day job.
The show weav multiple queer plotl, featur an even more queer st, and packs hilar joke after hilar joke—many of which were wrten by gay legend Pat Regan of the Seek Treatment podst. The show's immediate populary phed Netflix to quickly orr a send and third season, so expect the characters to stick around a while.Where to watch: NetflixArteI Am Jonas (2018)When a trmatic experience yanks his first gay lover away, quiet teen Jonas giv up on happs. Origally released France, ’s a g-of-age picture that tackl grief and self-fivens a way that few films dare to attempt, and fewer manage to acplish.Where to watch: NetflixHBOIt's A S (2021)Most on-screen narrativ om the HIV/AIDS panmic center around New York Cy, the birthplace of Pri and a notable hotspot for AIDS-related aths among gay men.
Davi, tak a mon queer tale—a group of iends face vastatn and heartache after loved on ntract HIV—and giv a Brish sp, centerg on how young gay men London were affected when the vis reached their neighborhood. The dark dramedy challeng tradnal Mexin moraly and shuts down queerphobic viewpots a satiril and digtible way, and soapy as may be, ’s hard to stop watchg.Where to watch: NetflixA24Moonlight (2016)Chroniclg the boyhood years, teenage stretch, and muted adult life of Chiron, a Black gay man makg Miami, this triptych altarpiece is at once hyper-specific and smilly universal. Otis' bt iend, Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), lights up the screen as an ebullient gay man on the qut for pannship and acceptance om his fay, and an entire story arc on anal douchg Season 2 teach viewers more about gay sex than any high school health urse uld ever dream.
STREAM IT OR SKIP IT: ‘LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK’ ON HBO, A DOCERI THAT TAK A LOOK AT 1990S POLICE INDIFFERENCE IN THE FACE OF GAY MEN GETTG MURRED
Whether platonic, romantic, or faial, the relatnships She-Ra pack a ton of nuance, refulns, and empathy.Where to watch: NetflixNetflixSpecial (2019–2021)Ryan O'Connell wr, produc, and stars Special, a semi-tobgraphil seri about a gay man wh cerebral palsy ready to build a life for himself outsi his mother's home.
A handful of the show's characters are queer—gay, lbian, pansexual, asexual, and nonbary people are all reprented through the rolox of Gems and their fns—and shownner Rebec Sugar nonts their sexuali and genrs head-on, not through obscuri and metaphors. ) As a gay teenager still the closet, the muted portrayals of queer sexualy only furthered the ia that my inty was somethg I need to hi.
Full disclosure: As a gay man, I have absolutely zero thory over whether the female stimulatn picted is accurate—or fun. In the meantime, I'm gog to clear my Netflix que before my next GNI (gays' night ). ©Strand Releasg/Courty Everett CollectnHold the ManSounds a b like a gay cliché, but this 2015 film (which is also based on a memoir by Atralian actor Timothy Conigrave) highlights the romance between a high school drama stunt and classic one particular r sex scene, they utter the words "Ahh, gentle, " and "Slowly—I said slowly!