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Now this is pretty cute. The video for The Irrepressibles new song, Two Men In Love, has arrived, and as the title suggests, it’s about two very sweet young guys who are obviously rather smitten with each other, before it erupts into a series of shots of men kissing.

Oh, and the song’s pretty good too. It’s been described as “a beautiful, intimate confession of the powerful love between two men in the face of a rejecting world.”

The track is taken from the art-popster’s newly released album, Nude. Take a look above. [Read more…]

According to the blurb accompanying this vid, ‘Eliot Glazer likes a lot of things, one of which is writing and performing comedy sketches. He also likes drawing, which is why so much of his self-proclaimed ‘brain garbage’ begins as a simple drawing, but turns into something much, much weirder.’

As such he’s come up with Eliot’s sketchpad, the latest of which sees footage of some primped and pampered dogs mixed up with a voiceover that put them in a gay bar. Many will be able to recognise the situations in the video, even if they are done with dogs.

It’s a lot of fun, so take a look and have a laugh. [Read more…]

Straight guys aren’t normally known for their desire to watch gay porn, but what happens if you show it to them? Davey Wavey – who we recently featured for his video asking gay men what they knew about vaginas – decided to find out what they’d make of, so he got ‘4 Straight Guys + 2 Clips of Explicit Gay Porn…. Well, You Do The Math.’

It’s very funny, and I particularly liked how one guy describes a double penetration as being like too many guys squashed into a small car. There’s also a shock for one of the participants when he discovers one of the guys in the film looks like him.

To be honest we doubt this has tapped unknown desires in any of these men to watch any more gay porn, but it makes for a fun video. [Read more…]

I found this video over on Youtube (via the F*ckYeayGayFilms Tumblr) and thought it was well worth sharing. It showcases a series of big gay snogging scenes from films as diverse and Touch Of Pink and Maurice to Get Real and Beautiful Thing.

It’s definitely sexy and I’m voting every film from now on includes a scene of guys macking on one another, whether it fits with the plot or not!

Check it out above and revel in the hotness of these kisses.

US singer Hailey Rowe has come up with a catchy ditty, all about her boyfriend is gay. It’s a problem quite a few women have faced – many of whom seem to have had a had a string of boyfs whose sexuality hasn’t been a hetero as they’d hoped.

Although the video does slightly trade on stereotypes, but it’s still a lot of fun and Rowe seems pleasantly unfussed about the fact everyone but her knew her boyfriend likes boys more than girls.

Take a look above.

In the past I’ve written about a number issues I have when it comes to gay men in films and films that are gay-centric in particular. One of these issues is that they are usually sold on sex, making us all fit into the sexual deviant paradigm that so many people have afforded us, the other issue I’ve written about is why we have to have gay films – after all why can’t they just be films.

This being said, ‘gay films’ are here and for the foreseeable future they are here to stay, because let’s face it, many Hollywood studios are still reluctant to release a mainstream gay-centric film, despite the success of Brokeback mountain almost a decade ago. This then brings up the issue that most of the gay men that we see in films are the flappy, fashion conscience, witty, bitchy character whose retorts and comments are used for comic affect.

These characters can be found in many rom-coms, such as Bridget Jones’ Diary, as well as teen flicks like Mean Girls. We are undoubtedly being put into more films now and being allowed to be openly gay – and all exposure is good exposure in a way, I suppose. Even if the studios are still a little worried to make us the leading star, at least we are there.

However, I can’t get over the fact that many gay-centric films made by LGBT production companies and filmmakers have to use these characters as well. I’ve reviewed and watched a few films recently that heavily feature characters like this. Yes, there are gay people like this, but would it hurt the filmmakers and studios to feature more down-to-earth, non-stereotyped gay characters in a gay movie? After all, we’re bombarded with these stock characters in nearly every romantic comedy that gets churned out.

It looks as though whilst we are getting some representation in mainstream movies, the issue of being stereotyped will always be there. It’s just a shame that gay centric comedy films and rom-coms don’t display enough diversity, to show other gay men and people in Hollywood that we aren’t all like that stock character they know so well. Perhaps if the entertainment made for the gay community were more varied in its depiction of gay people, a little more of that diversity would seep through into the mainstream.