Queer Clicks: December 22 | Making The Yuletide Gay, How Queer People Found Freedom by Cruising Restrooms, & Other News

These Are the 10 Steamiest Gay Scenes to Air on TV in 2017

“nce upon a time there were hardly any gay characters on TV, let alone gay sex scenes.

But it just so happens that 2017 brought a nice crop of steamy gay sex scenes that pushed the envelope, turned viewers on and thrilled gay and bi viewers alike.

We’ve chosen 10 of the year’s very best gay sex scenes and share them with you below.” Hornet

Making The Yuletide Gay

“In the late ‘70s, being gay in L.A. wasn’t all peaches and cream. Not just because of the usual problems of L.A. transplants who would arrive in the city only to end up broke and alone. LGBTQ+ hopefuls who came to the city of angels anytime between the end of the war until the mid-80s were likely, in the words of Liberation House creator Jon Platania as quoted in a recent KCET article, to go: “from disappointment, to drugs, to a lack of funds, to prostitution or to temporary employment in the city’s thriving pornographic industry…” landing finally in “jail, the hospital, probation, suicide or into a series of exploitative relationships.” ” The Pride LA

How Queer People Found Freedom by Cruising Restrooms

“Of the places queer people have transformed into sites to cruise for sex—from parks like the Central Park Ramble and Berlin’s Tiergarten, to sanctums like Provincetown’s Dick Dock and Fire Island’s Meat Rack—few have impacted the queer psyche like the public restroom.” Vice