For Coming Out Day, filmmakers Ian Scott McGregor and Will Mayo have released their award-winning trans-themed short film, First Night Out, online. It’s a real charmer and only a couple of minutes long, so it’s well worth a look.
In it, a trans woman is on her first night out in public, and has headed to a restaurant. She may be on her on, but it’s still an occasion she wants to mark for posterity.
It’s may only be short and the setup is pretty simple, but it’s a film with a surprising amount of ideas, from the fact that coming out is really more about becoming comfortable with yourself than it is about directly telling other people, to acknowledging that there are a variety of ways of being public about something.
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There’s been a lot of fun of in this new season of Where The Bears. We’re now past the halfway point, with 9 of Season 5’s 16 episodes now released.
For the last couple of days, the cast of Will & Grace have been 
A few days ago we posted Jason Karman’s short film 
Whether we like to admit it or not, society still puts a lot of pressure of people to fit with gender norms. That can be particularly true for those trying to hide their sexuality, where internalised homophobia combines with external homophobia to create pressure to conform to a set of social cues that they hope will ensure no one would ever thing they were anything other than heterosexual.
It might not quite be Christmas yet, but it’s time for a festive themed short film about two gay brothers. However, more than the festive season, it’s about two siblings trying to find common ground, despite the different lives they’re leading and one feeling abandoned by the other.
The internet has unleashed some unexpected things on the world, one of which is the popularity of Slash Fiction, where people take real and imaginary characters and write their own stories about them, taking things in an extremely erotic direction. A large percentage of these tales are gay-themed, with some of the most popular featuring boyband members who may profess to be straight in real life, but get very, very gay in fan fiction.
Things are heating up in Season 5 of Where The Bears are. Much of the first four episodes of Season 5 have revolved about the fact Nelson’s new husband disappeared from their honeymoon – now its time for a bit of a confrontation with Nelson wanting to know exactly why Todd did it.
A few day ago we posted the first episode of Season 5 of the popular gay-themed web series Where The Bears Are. Now Episodes 2 and 3 have been released, continuing the latest story arc which sees a disappearance that may be a dumping and a guest spot for Ronnie Kerr as a new neighbour.
After four episodes exploring the world of Caleb Gallo and his friends, it feels like we’re moving towards a bit of resolution with Episode 5. We’ve had gay hookups and straight hookups, people saying they’re bi because it’s in, long distance relationships, and plenty of people with unresolved entanglements.