is clearly a PG-13 movie, and anybody who thinks otherwise probably voted for Crash to win Best Picture. It’s the latest debacle in the homophobic MPAA’s disproportionate treatment of LGBT films. There’s no sex, no nudity, no violence, no f-words, and no more sex talk than dozens of movies about straight teens. In an extended bit of improv whose deleted moments will hopefully show up on the DVD, Mullally gives a play by play of the film’s first sex scene in the tent.Īnd now, a word on the completely ridiculous R rating G.B.F. When Brent does come out, there’s a terrific scene where she rents Brokeback Mountain in an attempt to connect with him. She knows her son is gay and is just waiting for him to figure it out. Megan Mullally is terrific as Brent’s mother.
While much of the student body is tolerant, Tanner is bullied by jocks and needs popular girl approval for physical protection. Tanner is outed by a well-meaning straight student who wants the school’s gay-straight alliance to have an actual gay member. The film does a great job of expressing the conflicting realities facing gay teens today. Darren Stein, the man behind the cult black comedy Jawbreaker, directs. Megan Mullally, Natasha Lyonne, Horatio Sanz, Rebecca Gayheart, and pop singer JoJo make supporting appearances. Willett ( The United States of Tara) as the title gay, with Sasha Pieterse ( Pretty Little Liars), Andrea Bowen ( Desperate Housewives), and Xosha Roquemore ( The Mindy Project) as his cronies. I caught it during its one-week theatrical engagement in New York and had the entire auditorium to myself. It had a video on demand release last month. The market is so saturated with garbage that it’s easy to miss fun movies like G.B.F. I can only watch Weekend and Keep the Lights On so many times. My gay Netflix offerings should be markedly different. Enjoy these picks all year-round.How many times can one watch the Eating Out comedies and still maintain relative dignity? Has anyone actually made it to the end of one of those 1313 genre trash heaps where guys in their underwear who can’t act give each other sensual massages for no reason in horrible lighting? And what are lesbians to do? Be content with the half dozen pieces of junk thrown their way?Īn entertainment landscape dominated by white guys in their early 20s with no body fat and limited body hair? That’s the definition of the gay porn industry. And remember-even when Pride Month ends, there is still a wealth of LGBTQ cinema to explore. In an effort to celebrate these films, the team at Men's Health has put together a list of iconic LGBTQ movies currently available for streaming on major platforms, including Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. That's just to say, there's something for everyone who wants to celebrate the power of the LGBTQ+ community. The racial identities of queer characters have changed, too-look at Moonlight, which won multiple Academy awards and became the first film in history with an all-Black cast to win Best Picture. We've come a long way from many of the queer tropes that used to plague television and movies, and there's a substantial amount of content championing the beauty of queer relationships, and embracing one's gender identity.Īnd for the past half-century, LGBTQ+ media has made major strides, ranging from the 1985 love story, Desert Hearts, to the recent critical success of The Portrait of a Lady On Fire. Anytime is the perfect to catch up iconic queer film and television, a glimpse into the stories of LGBTQ characters falling in love, coming to terms with their sexual identity or simple celebrating what it means to be queer in this day and age, be it fictional or based on real moments in history.
Although Pride Month is the designated time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, you can watch queer media any day of the year.