Dec 23, 2015
My Kind of (Gay) Town – Mykonos (Really) Is!
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No man is an island, especially when there are so many willing men on the Greek island of Mykonos. It’s a gay hotspot – and not just because of the temperature. Mykonos, which is part of the Cyclades batch of 2,000 islands, is one of the “Big Four” gay summer resort destinations in Europe; which includes Gran Canaria, Sitges and Ibiza. Mykonos is surrounded by gorgeous Aegean waters as clear as Charlie Sheen’s past views on unprotected sex.
Dec 21, 2015
5 Gay Netflix Titles To Gawk over the Holidays
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With December comes the cold and ample opportunities to sit on the couch and burn through your Netflix queue. But you say you’ve already binge-watched Jessica Jones? And those HGTV shows that would put a coke fiend to sleep? Worry no more! Here are five gay flicks you can stream this month to help you really put a dent in that couch of yours.
In Todd Haynes’ new lesbian melodrama, Carol, the cinematic luminosity that is Cate Blanchett demurely eye-fucks her way through mid-century American oppression as the glamorously tortured centre of action. Stuffed with fur clad elopements, erotically charged cocktail olives, and semaphored cigarette smoke, Blanchett’s performance raises the bar for high-femme tops everywhere, by at least 20 cm. In honour of her glorious turn in a titular role, I have selected some further seminal performances from cinema history in which the craft of the “HFT” becomes art.
Dec 14, 2015
Gay kids of the 1980 and 1990s: This is the greatest video you'll ever see!
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“Whack”, “Pow”, “Boink” – anyone familiar with those sounds is familiar with comic books. And let’s face it, some pretty wild sex. But really, in the age of the X-Men films, the contemplative darkness of Nolan’s Batman trilogy or even 2015’s newest sensation, Marvel’s Jessica Jones, we’ve all come to the realization that those once drawn, then animated, now filmed creatures of the framed page have gone from nerd obsession to the blueprints that informed an entire generation. That’s something to think about. And that also leads me to our trailer.
