Saturday Morning Coffee Break: Living Lives

In today's Saturday Morning Coffee Break, two adolescents deal with one of the hardest things in high school: being gay. The couple's strength is tested when their sexuality is exposed to the entire school. One of them is willing to come out, the other wants to deny everything and keep it a secret. The very validity of their relationship hangs in the balance..

I hope you're enjoying the return of Saturday Morning Coffee Break and take the time to watch these.  Most of them are really short and to the point.

So grab you cup of Java, watch and relax.

 

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Make sure to check out Saturday Morning Coffee Break every Saturday for another classic or current gay short film.

Saturday Morning Coffee Break: 41 Seconds

I posted this German short film on my old blog in 2008 and I thought I'd share it.  It's short, humorous, and pretty hot at the same time.

Today's Saturday Morning Coffee Break is about two best friends (supposedly straight), who have a kissing dilemma.  The blonde boy is dating a girl who just finished telling him his best friend (the brunette), kisses better than he does.

So he calls him up and discusses this with him...  what ensues is a kiss 41 seconds long!

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Make sure to check out Saturday Morning Coffee Break every Saturday for another classic or current gay short film.

Saturday Morning Coffee Break: The Closet

Today's Saturday Morning Coffee Break is another great film I posted back in 2009 on Peter's Daily Blog.  At under 3 minutes, the film is really strong and shows how a short film such as this can still make quite an impact.  

I fell in love with it then and still in love with it now.

In the film an old man recalls the moment that defined his life, in which his attraction and friendship with a neighboring boy is crushed by the boy's homophobic father.

If you wish to look back at some previous issues, click my logo below and enjoy.   

Make sure to check out Saturday Morning Coffee Break every Saturday for another classic or current gay short film.

Our Idiotic Governor, Rick Perry, Labels Us Flavors of the Month

So yeah, the title says it all.  I really don't have much to say on the subject, because I'm tired of having to defend myself or "My Family", but this man is up there with Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin.  Nuts.

I was in Boy Scouts from Junior High through High School and if you ask me, it wasn't the "gay scouts" I was afraid of.  It was the straight ones that were horny and needed help.  These people go on chastising gays when it's the STRAIGHT "dads", "uncles", "cousins", "friends" who are molesting boys.  Hell, the Catholic church is full of them too.

Read an excerpt below and tell me you don't want to throw up.

“I know there are those in the world today that would tear that apart. But the fact is this is a private organization. Their values and principles have worked for a century now. And for pop culture to come in and try to tear that up because it just happens to be, you know, the flavor of the month so to speak and to tear apart one of the great organizations that have served millions of young men, helped them to become men and become great fathers. That is just not appropriate. Frankly, I hope the American people will stand up and say, 'Not on my watch.'” - read more here

I guess Ricky forgot there were 2,000 cases of abuse prior to 1994 in the United States alone.  And these were the only ones that were reported.

Post Secret Fridays - Issue 115

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.

On Back of Card: "Even though I told you not to :( "

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Post Secret Fridays - Issue 111

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.

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Quoted - Susan Olsen, "Cindy" from The Brady Bunch on her TV Dad & Gays

“As a child, I was BLESSED to have another father figure in my life. He did not replace my own beloved, Norwegian version of Jed Clampett, nor would he have wanted to. He simply harmonized with all of my family values and brought his own heart to our table.

This wonderful man was a giant in my world, a true king among men. His name was, and is, Robert Reed (OK that’s his stage name).

This tempetuous actor who bottle fed puppies when he wasn’t quarreling with the heads of networks, shaped my heart as much as my biological parents did. So I really can honestly say, “My dad was Gay”

I can also say that being gay killed him. Because it was so taboo, he could never make peace with himself. He never allowed himself to have a genuine love. He was forever taunted by his own disdain for the natural inclinations that he was BORN WITH.

Bob was a family man. Had he been allowed to form a relationship with another man, he would have been the best husband ever and might still be alive. But Bob could not be at peace with this because the people surrounding him shoved their own judgement down his throat and, sadly, he bought into it. He thought he was wrong. He felt the shame that every hypocritical “God is love” fundamentalist wanted him to feel.

To me, the vilification of homosexuality is exactly like the primitive practice of people who killed babies who were born with cleft palates or birth marks. It is a worship not of God but of fear itself in the form of a God who hates.

I am eternally grateful for having a golden rule placed before me as a child. I had a gay father! I knew he was gay when I was nine years old and had the wisdom of a child. I knew it was OK and none of my business.. I knew with all certainty that this was a very good man. And so, any ideology that demonized such a good man would have to be evil itself.

Robert Reed, unwittingly, showed me the true nature of religion. And this is why I steer clear of it to this day.

God and I are good pals. We have a clear line of communication and I don’t need religion’s telephone service. It’s full of static.

I could never worship, let alone LOVE, a God who would put my beloved father into the fires of Hell because he loved men. THAT is a God who deserves disdain. THAT is a God who must be ignored. THAT is a concept of God that must go away just as surely s humans have shed their prehensile tails.

You might call it evolution. IF you believe in evolving.

I do not necessarily believe in evolution, religion, politics or even gravity. I think the flying spaghetti monster might be the real deal! All I truly know is what works right here, right now.

What works is love.

What doesn’t work is judgement.

If two people love each other enough to want their union consecrated by a mythological being – they are undoubtedly insane, but LET THEM HAVE AT IT!!” 
                   - Actress, Susan Olsen, "Cindy" from The Brady Bunch on her
                     TV dad, gays & their fight for equality.

Saturday Morning Coffee Break: Silver Road

It's time to brew yourself some coffee, kick-back, relax and watch another issue of Saturday Morning Coffee Break.

I posted this video on MySpace four years ago, and the issue focuses on two young men, Danny and Mark who have been friends all their lives until one day they find themselves in the awkward position of saying goodbye to one another.

While many may argue that there's already too many films where one guy  comes out and destroys a friendship - it still happens.  It still happens because our society allows it to happen.  Yes, it's getting easier and easier to come out as each year passes, but there are millions who are still keeping this tiny little secret - and some way into their marriages.  The film, written and directed by Bill Taylor is really good, and I encourage anyone to watch it.
 

Saturday Morning Coffee Break: James

Today's Saturday Morning Coffee Break is quite powerful.  After watching the film for the first time I was quite upset, but after watching it a second time I came to understand it's sad reality.  I can't remember the amount of times I wish I could find someone to help me.  I prayed to God every night hoping he would "fix" me - And never got an answer.  I felt ashamed for being who I was and didn't know how to tell my parents.  As each year passed the hope never came, and telling my parents became an even harder task.  I didn't tell my parents until I was 25 years old, and upon learning the news they were devastated.  Not only because I kept this secret for so long, but the fact I went to others thinking it would help me, and all they did was use me for their gratification.

There's a lot I want to say about the short movie you're about to see, but I don't want to spoil it or give a way it's plot.  I would like to hear any of your comments and maybe then I can voice my opinion.

If you wish to look back at some previous issues, click my logo below and enjoy.  And make sure to check out Saturday Morning Coffee Break every Saturday for another classic or current gay short film.

 

Cyanide and Happiness: Coming Out

The best scratch off your dad will ever play! LMAO

Is Your 'Gaydar' Working?

I always get asked from co-workers and friends to find out if a person is gay or not.  Some are even brave enough to say, "I know he's gay." And one of the ways they derive at this answer is by their persona - how the person acts in front of them.

So can you tell if someone is gay just by looking at them?  That's my question to all of you.

In the meantime check out these 12 gif images of Joe Jonas.  Gay. So gay! LOL.

 

 

 

Oh and by the way, The New York Times has already solved it - The Science of 'Gaydar'.

One Direction's Gay Love For Louis

As if you needed any further proof that the boys from One Direction have a thing for their bandmate, Louis Tomlinson, the cutest one from the group. LOL.  These 9 moveable gif pics goes to show how popular the gayest group in 30 years have become.

 

 

From Rainbow Boys to Rainbow Road

I found this book cover rather ironic.  I read the book when I was younger.  "Rainbow Boys" is about the struggles of three gay teens, a Jock, a nerd (goth) boy, and the good all-American boy next door.  It's actually a really good book.  The book was followed by "Rainbow High" and "Rainbow Road" respectfully.  I have all three books. :-).  The two subsequent books follow the same characters moving on from graduation to post-graduation.  

But onto why I found the cover to "Rainbow Boys" ironic...

The Jock standing behind the other two boys is Matt Bomer.  You know - the actor who recently came out of the closet.  You probably recognize him from the hit television series, "Chuck" or the upcoming movie, "Magic Mike".  

Who knew that Matt would be on the cover of a gay book while being out of the closet, before he was in the closet, before coming out of the closet. LOL.