Gay Short Films & Web Series

I’m presuming ‘no homo’ is a real thing some of the younger folk get up to, defined as being something “Said to show that you aren’t gay after doing or saying something that sounded gay.” However this new short suggests that perhaps it it something they want to do, but just don’t want anyone to think they’re gay.

I have to say though, even though I’m gay, I think having a roommate running around touching my ass or randomly licking my ear and then shouting ‘no homo’ would be incredibly annoying.

The acting in this short isn’t always great, but it’s still fun, so take a look above. [Read more…]

The celebrate its centenary, the Anti-Defamation League has come up with a short but moving video, imaging what would have happened if lives cut to short by hate crimes had been allowed to continue and make the world a better place.

It’s a neat idea but could have comes across as rather unpleasant and manipulative, but they’ve made it work.

Those featured include Martin Luther King and Anne Frank, alongside gay figures likes Matthew Shepard and Harvey Milk. Take a look above.

For more info on the campaign, visit the ADL website here. [Read more…]

The web series Old Dogs & New Tricks is now well into its second season and is celebrating with a special episode starring Olympic diving legend Greg Louganis, as well as Ian Buchanan, who US viewers will know from daytime series such as Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, All My Children, Port Charles, and Bold And The Beautiful (for which he won an Emmy).

Both special guest stars make the first of multiple appearances in the opening of a epic new two-part episode, ‘Big Fat Gay Wedding,’ which finds the Old Dogs goin’ to the chapel – and one of them is gonna get married!

And who’s the lucky dog marrying former circuit boy ‘Dirk Evans’ (Louganis)?  That’s a secret—one that hasn’t been easy to keep! Louganis will appear in three episodes this season, while Buchanan makes the first of four appearances as Christoph, a Hollywood photographer who focuses in on one of the Dogs.

It’s an epic reunion as well as a wedding, with series regular Amanda Abel returning as singing secretary Lydia Lasker and recurring guest star Bruce L. Hart as scheming Nelson Van Eddy.

Take a look above, and head over to the series’ website to see more. [Read more…]

Last week, Niagara picked up the award for artistic merit at the 6th annual Don Thompson LGBT Film Festival held at the University Of Southern California. And you can watch the stop-motion animated short right here.

The film sees a couple driving along and then stopping so one of them can take a leak. It’s a film with a great ambiguity as to exactly what’s going on and who these people are. The ending leaves things open as to who’s right, who’s wrong and what exactly has just happened.

Take a look above.

The other winners were Conor Fetting-Smith’s documentary, Bingo Night, entertainers earning their keep at bingo games, which took the audience award went to. The gong for LGBT awareness went to Teens Like Phil by Dominic Haxton. (Source: The Advocate) [Read more…]

Billed as ‘a queer web series about sex, love, booze, drugs, friendship, family and amazing acts of stupidity. But mostly Sex!’ The 3 Bits is gearing up for its first outing by releasing a sneak peek.

The 3 Bits is a show about three siblings, the Bits, who live in Brooklyn, but if this peak is anything to go by it’s largely going to be able hijinks, humour and gratuitous semi-nudity. We also couldn’t help but notice that in this sneak we only really see Henry Bits and not his siblings Roman and Madison.

There’s a reason for that though, as it reflects how writer/directors Max Freeman and Margaret Singer hope you’ll watch the series. They write over at HuffPo Gay Voices, ‘We created the Bits family world in a unique way and let the viewer choose how to experience it. For example, if a viewer is more into Henry’s story than Madison’s, they can go ahead and just watch his episodes. His story can stand independent of the others. But if the viewer wants to see the big, weird patchwork world, they can watch all three. It doesn’t really matter. That’s part of the fun, and that’s something the Internet can do and TV can’t.’

As for the three main characters, they say, “Henry is a gay college kid trying very hard to have a good time. His older sister Roman, also gay, is a former weed dealer trying to get a career in freelance gardening off the ground. And Madison, the oldest, is a mommy blogger determined to prove her rock-‘n’-roll cred.”

It certainly sounds interesting, and hopefully we’ll get to see the first of the three initial episodes soon.

Sometimes simple is best and that’s certainly true of Overcoming Adversities as a Gay Teen: One Generation at a Time, which features interviews with ten gay men aged 15-82, about their life experiences and how they came out. The 87-minute film is definitely worth watching, looking at both how the gay experience has changed over time and also how similar it can be.

Interestingly this feature-length project isn’t from a professional filmmaker, but was put together by a high school senior, Devon Yaffe, who was the task of creating a research project based on a topic of interest.

He decided to look at overcoming adversities as a gay teen, which led to the film above. Yaffe says, “I felt so strongly about my project that there was no turning back, and that deep down I knew this was going to be something life changing. During the process of this project my world had been changed, as my eyes were opened to a community in which I regretfully wasn’t active. Now, after learning so much about this incredible world, I feel I would love to be involved with the community and possibly become a gay rights activist. I am proud of my project and feel that I did, in fact, do it justice. I explored unknown territory for many gay teens. I hope that gay youth all over can see what I have created and be inspired to add their voice to the community.”

It’s well worth watching what is an insightful and interesting documentary that you’d never guess was made by someone who’s yet to leave high school.