Jam Sweeney's tale of a young gay man who don't like sex — and thks he mt be straight — is a new kd of braiac screwball edy.
Contents:
- IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
- AM I GAY?
- STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
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“Straight Up” tells the story of Todd (played by Sweeney), an sanely articulate Asian-Amerin gay software r, wh shirts buttoned up to his Adam’s apple, who’s so quick and fsy and arch that the thoughts pour out of him like nfsnal word salad. So what he cis, on a whim of iron, is that the reason he’s nng om his sexualy is that he is not, fact, gay.
Der, his two bt iends — Meg (Dana Drori), a tic mol and supereak, and Ryr (Jam Scully), his longtime gay chum — beg to differ.
AM I GAY?
Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them: Directed by Javier Agirre, Je Ameer, Alequ Eerer, Stewart Wa. A llectn of shorts that explor the relatnships between gay men and straight men. The llectn clus Espac Dos (Spa) In the Name of the Father (Brazil), My Straight Boyiend (US), Tth or Consequenc (Brazil), Coffee Date (US), Poprn & Coke (UK), and Unhibed." data-id="ma * gay straight up *
Girls aren’t gay-bld anymore. He’s gay, and has nvced himself that he’s havg a sexual-inty crisis, all to avoid nontg his real crisis: that he has walled himself off om the human race.
Taken at face value, “Straight Up” is the story of a gay du who puts himself through his own form of gay-programmg therapy (so naturally, ’s doomed not to take).
STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
Straight Up: Directed by Jam Sweeney. Wh Jam Sweeney, Katie Fdlay, Dana Drori, Jam Scully. Todd and Rory are tellectual soul mat. He might be gay. She might not re. A romantic-edy drama wh a twist; a love story whout the thrill of pulatn." data-id="ma * gay straight up *
Is Todd someone who, as Ryr observ, “n’t get over your ternalized homophobia”? Sweeney plays Todd, who has been lled gay sce bulli tnted him fourth gra. He has always bought to the ia that he mt be gay bee he is a b lite and very precise, cludg stggl wh OCD pulsns about cleanls.
Now an adult who has never had a sexual or a romantic relatnship, Todd wonrs if beg gay means more than beg perceived as effemate at age ne. Ryr tells him, "You n't jt ci to be straight bee you don't like the gay people you are meetg. His OCD and general aversn to all bodily fluids has left him wh a arth of rnal experienc, and he begs to qutn his label of "gay.
Jam Sweeney’s edy about a (probably) gay man and a straight woman embarkg on a relatnship is riper for tragedy than farce. * gay straight up *
" Jt as some people feel they've been flted wh the label of "straight" at birth, Todd wonrs whether the "gay" label may have also been imposed upon him whout his own personal choice or exploratn of his entire selfhood. His iends dismiss his ncerns out of hand and sist that he is gay — further exemplifyg the pot that even though Todd is clearly unsure of his own sexual affi, those around him sist they are certa.
Joe Kort, Ph.D., talks about his new book, "Is My Hband Gay, Straight, or Bi?" * gay straight up *
"My random roommate durg sophomore year happened to be gay. ' His buddi got all homophobic on him, so he asked, 'You guys have never msed around wh another guy?
I'm gay, but I hooked up wh a handful of men and women my 30s. In the end, they're still straight, and I'm still gay and happily married to my hband of 12 years.
• I don’t have any reason to spect that he is gay or even bi. • Could a straight guy get dnk enough to fool around wh another guy jt bee “felt good”, or is more likely that he has some gay/bi/cur feelgs that perhaps he’s been reprsg? Even acuntg for the fact that he might remember some of what happened, don't mean he's bisexual, secretly gay, or that you're his magil "exceptn." He was dnk out of his md.
Are you qutng your sexualy? Fd out if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. Learn what the terms mean and if they apply to you. * gay straight up *
First, he has to e out to you as eher gay or bisexual.
Many young men intify as mostly straight — a sexual orientatn that is not que straight but also, they say, ls gay than bisexualy * gay straight up *
I don't know many gay men (myself clud) who hasn't veloped a csh or had feelgs for a straight guy - cludg straight iends.