Gay Short Films & Web Series

This three-minute film from Leo Herrera is billed as celebrating, ‘The History and Power of Gay Sex, Fetish & Cruising’. For something with such a provocative title, it’s certainly not hardcore (although the soundtrack is pretty steamy at times), instead take us through three different situation and allowing the sex to ooze out through style and mood.

It also suggests things have gotten increasingly fetishised, going from glances and backrooms off the 50s, to full-on BDSM of today.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Leo Herrera, a NYC-based visual artist, filmmaker, writer and advocate with a focus on cataloging and presenting gay history, today announced his latest work “3 ERAS of GAY SEX in 3 Minutes” an original piece illustrating 3 generations of gay sex in three-minutes, featuring Pre-Stonewall cruising; 1970’s/80’s Leather BDS&M; and Present Day App usage, filmed in NYC and San Francisco.

‘Instead of presenting gay history as sexless or focusing solely on AIDS, the film celebrates Gay Communication in its most sensual form, through the glances, codes and technological breakthroughs that have allowed gay sex and gay communities to flourish through generations of oppression.

‘Taking us on a time machine into archetypes of Gay Sex and the unspoken communication methods of these communities, “3 ERAS of GAY SEX in 3 Minutes” informs us and a wider audience, of the rich sexual history of the modern gay male; the symbolism and power of our once ‘secret’ encounters; and a glimpse into the infrastructure of deviant gay communities that are the foundations for the modern gay civil rights movement.’

Watch the film below.

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Ben Baur got plenty of fans thanks to starring in the likes of the popular web series Hunting Season, and he’s also an OUT 100 Honoree. Now though he’s teamed up with friend Thandi Tolmay to co-create an new comedic series, #Adulting, which has just released it first episode.

The synopsis says the show, ‘follows two best friends Max and Faye as they navigate life and love, all while staring down the barrel of ‘30’. Cheating boyfriends, rapidly slowing metabolisms and empty bank accounts are only the beginning.’ However, while the title suggests this is about people being adults, the first episode shows these two aren’t completely grown up, especially after they start talking about what would happen if Max was straight.

Baur comments, “We came up with the idea for #Adulting because we wanted to tell stories that were tragically relatable to this really odd time in life, when you’re supposed to be a grown-­up  and you’re just… not.”

As well as Baur and Tolmay, also involved is is director by TJ Marchbank (Buzzfeed Motion Pictures). The three have been friends for going on 10 years after meeting at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, where they all graduated together.

You can take a look at the first episode of #Adulting below.

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Testicular cancer isn’t normally something to laugh about, but comedian Byron Lane has set out to change that with a web series based on his own experience of getting the disease. And he’s certainly got a great cast to help him, including Drew Droege, Sam Pancake, Peter Porte, Jonathan Van Ness, and Beth Grant.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘LAST WILL & TESTICLE is a comedy webseries about a man who has a testicle removed because of cancer. It was written, produced, directed, and edited by Byron Lane after he found a lump on his testicle in August 2015. He had surgery two weeks later, wrote a webseries about it, and launched a Kickstarter to raise the funds. He met his fundraising goal in 3 days and doubled it by the end of the campaign.’

In the series the main character has to not just deal with his own feeling about finding a lump and then having a testicle removed, but also other people’s reactions – including his boyfriend, who in episode 2 isn’t exactly the paragon of supportiveness.

You can take a look at all six episodes of Season 1 of Last Will & Testicle below, and if you enjoy it, you’ll be happy to hear that Byron Lane is planning to show Season 2 very soon.

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