EDGE OF SEVENTEEN

Eric Hunter is a teenage boy just coming to terms with his sexual orientation in this 1998 gay film. He takes up a summer job serving food at the local amusement park together with best friend Maggie. While at the job they befriend their lesbian manager Angie and a gay college student named Rod. Eric gets his first homosexual experience with Rod. Rod however moves back to Ohio leaving Eric thirsty of a boy lover on his last year in High School. A series of events including problems with financing for him to study music in college introduce Eric to the real world.

THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB

This year 2000 movie tells the story of a group of gay friends living in West Hollywood. There is Cole who is very handsome and an actor. Cole however rubs shoulders with the others the wrong way for dating their boyfriends. Benji is the youngest in the group and is going through some tough times. He has a taste for muscular built men. Dennis the photographer is more composed and holds the group together. Howie is a psychology student who too often over thinks on issues thus denying himself happiness. There is also Patrick who always reads self interest in all situations even if they are in good faith. We have Taylor who is feeling very embarrassed after his relationship came to an end despite boasting of having the longest one. Lastly we meet Jack who owns a restaurant and is the father figure whom everybody seeks advice from. Problems start when a 23 year old named Kevin tries to fit himself into the group. It causes chaos in their friendships which are about to be put to test.

A SINGLE MAN

George Falconer is a gay college professor living in Los Angeles in this 2009 gay film. George is still grieving the loss of his longtime partner Jim eight months earlier in a road accident. The grief has got to him and he now plans to commit suicide later during the day. During the day he comes across a student named Kenny Potter who shows interest in him. Kenny follows him to the bar. They start drinking and later continue to his George's house. George passes out and wakes up to find himself in bed. He finds Kenny asleep holding George's gun to prevent him from committing suicide. He locks the gun away and decides to end his grief and move on with his life. He however suffers a heart attack and dies.

PRIEST

St. Mary's Parish in Liverpool has been assigned a new priest Father Gregg Pilkington in this 1994 film. He is shocked to discover than Father Mathew Thomas an older member of the Parish is disregarding his vow of celibacy and sleeping with a female housekeeper. Gregg has more to worry about himself because he is a homosexual. He even goes on to meet a young boy named Graham and they start a relationship. Meanwhile a female student named Lisa confides to have been sexually abused by her father. The father also confides the same. Both of them have revealed this in the confessional and so Father Gregg has to keep it a secret. He however warns Lisa's mother to keep her daughter safe without revealing why. When Lisa's mother discovers her husband has molested Lisa she recalls Gregg's warnings and confronts him for not revealing it. To add to his troubles he gets arrested for having sex with Graham in a parked car. It makes the newspapers headlines and Gregg is unable to face his congregation. He moves to a rural parish to escape the shame but Father Mathew convinces him to return amidst resistance from part of the congregation.

THE TRIP

Set in the 70s this 2002 gay movie starts with Tommy introducing himself to Alan at a party in Los Angeles. Alan is writing his anti homosexuality book and so invites Tommy to come and interview him about it. At dinner their connection becomes too intense and Alan's girlfriend Beverly leaves him suspecting it is more than an interview. Alan goes ahead to finish his book. One day Tommy comes over to his house to confront him about his calls and Alan kisses him by force. They start a relationship. Alan joins a homosexual rights organization together with Tommy. Trouble starts when his book is used to fuel anti homosexuality and it gets to be known that he is the writer. He looses his job and breaks up with Tommy and it is years later before they can reunite.