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How We Got Gay

Country: Canada, Language: English, 43 mins

  • Director: Marc de Guerre
  • Writer: Marc de Guerre
  • Producer: Marc de Guerre; Janine Heath

CGiii Comment

It's a tiresome rendering of contemporary gay 'history'...we all know it and it offers nothing we don't know.

Talking heads, archival material, too much same-sex kissing and with vomit-inducing narration...it's just too much.

Cheap, disposable TV...made for filling in the gaps.


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HOW WE GOT GAY DVD from Rose Bolton on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

HOW WE GOT GAY tells the incredible story of how gay men and women went from being the ultimate outsiders to occupying the halls of power, with a profound influence on our cultural, political and social lives.