While mainstream Hollywood continues to catch up when it comes to LGBTQ representation in blockbuster movies, there are plenty of directors out there highlighting issues within the gay community through slick visuals.įor now, some of the most compelling and hard-hitting LGBTQ cinema exists in short films.At many points in the film, Agassi spoke about his troubled relationship with his father, who had abandoned him as a child. Gay Times have rounded up just five of the best gay short films out there that you can watch online.įrom tackling the homophobic world of football, to a teacher exploring the sex party scene in New York City, they are touching upon real life emotions that your local Odeon is probably little way off from showing anytime soon. I AM SYD STONE (2014)ĭirected by Denis Theriault, this 10-minute visual follows a Hollywood hunk as he returns home. But as is much the case in Tinseltown, he’s living a lie, and upon his return he attempts to rekindle a closeted relationship from his past.
Starring Broadchurch’s Chris Mason, Wonderkid focusses on a gay professional footballer who’s struggling with his sexuality in the high-pressured and masculine world of the Premiership League. It’s the age-old high school crush storyline. Ben lusts after his bad boy classmate Johnny, but when he’s offered a ride home one night, what seems like a dreaming coming true descends into heartbreak. Homophobia manifests from many different insecurities, but in Triple Standard, one athlete’s prejudice is a symptom of his own struggle to come to terms with his sexuality. Max Rhyser plays a young schoolteacher who comes from a conservative Jewish family and community, but Chaser sees him attend a New York City sex party to escape his restrictive community.Twenty-eight-year-old Sinon Loresca left his home in the Philippines. His mother had thrown his high school diploma in the garbage after learning her son was gay.
A few weeks later, he was living in what he calls a "garbage mountain" in Manila. But today, ten years later, Loresca isn't just back on his feet-he's using them to become a sensation.
(More than 250,000 Instagram followers agree.) He calls himself "The King of Catwalk," and his Instagram videos leave little room for doubt that he is in fact the most talented man on the Internet when it comes to strutting in high heels through streets, beaches, and even the airport. Since 2010, Loresca (who is tanned and chiseled enough to earn his own Ken Doll), has lived in London part-time with his husband.
Pinoy muscle gay videos tv#īut after his first catwalking video went viral in 2016 (posted in support of the Miss Universe pageant, which is held in the Philippines), he's frequently gone back to his home country for TV appearances. Earlier this year, a show called Magpakailanman even featured a story on Loresca's life, which he says helped catapult him to a new level of fame.ĭespite Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte's apparent turnaround on his campaign promises to consider legalizing gay marriage in the Philippines, Loresca says life for gay people in his home country has improved immensely since his childhood. Sure, some people might look at him a little funny for walking down the beach in a Speedo in ten-inch heels, but compared to the adversity he's overcome in his life, Loresca is hardly bothered by the leers of strangers. We spoke to the Instagram sensation about his catwalking skills, his childhood, and his message for the LGBT community around the world. What is it like in general for gay men in the Philippines in 2017? There's more acceptance now. Unlike seven years ago, now it's more accepted. I can still see people's faces, and I can tell they don't like me because I'm gay, but they don't talk about it. I don't experience discrimination there now. On social media sometimes people bash me, but in real life people don't care.