Steven (Ben Silverstone) spends his school days longg for all-star athlete John (Brad Gorton). But John has a geo girliend, and Steven is still the closet about beg gay. The only one who knows the teenager's secret is his iend Lda (Charlotte Brta). After a cur n- wh John a public rtroom, Steven starts to wonr if the jock is straight after all. When they start a romance, threatens to expose the tth about both of them.
Contents:
- THE GAY WE WERE: ‘GET REAL’
- INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
THE GAY WE WERE: ‘GET REAL’
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An thentic portrayal of homosexualy high school, Get Real is an engagg dramedy that don't sermonize s dience nor trivialize s characters. But John has a geo girliend, and Steven is still the closet about beg gay. Very accurate for real life gay teen experience - even down to the chubby iend-girl!
I thk is probably a very real reprentatn of what s like beg a gay teen (although I nnot pletly guarentee that, nsirg I dont personally know the feelg. The 1990s were an odd ltle crossroads for gay entertament. At the same time, far om the mastream, the ttage dtry of gay romantic edi pched self to a greatly unrserved market.
INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
From Fassbr to Pasoli and Sciamma, here are some of the bt gay movi om the global arthoe. * get real gay movie *
Wh The Gay We Were, we’re gog to exame this subgenre one film at a time and exame what they said about gay entertament and the era that once was. One of the thgs about gay liv that ends up beg reflected most starkly by the movi is that gay people very seldom get teenage love stori.
TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
Get Real is a charmg and well-observed movie out of Bra the late ’90s that do s level bt to liver one such gay high-school love story, and is ght as hell. It’s only been relatively recently that gay people have started g out high school, and even when they do, the numbers game of all works agast them.