Stonewall Gazette

Written by Shane Smith , Editor of Stonewall Gazette


Join hosts, Psychologist Dr Tony Ortega and Life Coach John Davisi as the two men discuss important topics in the gay community.  In the premier episode of The Raw(est) Brunch they'll be covering fear, comparison, judgment, and body shame!

Entercourse is an independent web series from writer/director Tyson Anthony focusing on gay couple Rocky (Elijah Black) and Miles (Jerome Parker). You can see all the episodes here. Below are Episodes 1 and 2. Enjoy!

Written by Shane Smith, Editor, Stonewall Gazette


Created by Greg Archer and Jeff Dinnell, "the YOU & the ME" is an interesting web comedy series that explores atheism and spirituality by taking a humorous and very human approach. This series reminds me a little bit of Louis Malle's 1981 cult film, "My Dinner with Andre" starring Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn. In this web series we have two gay men talking and sharing their life experiences with warmth and wit.

The 6-part web series, "My Fucking Life" was created by Health Initiative for Men. It's a fascinating and revealing look at how young gay men are thinking about sex. For easy bookmarking I've put together a single post with a link to each episode. This includes a synopsis and the trailer for the series. Viewing time for each episode is approximately 7 minutes.

HiM is a Vancouver, BC based organization, "...dedicated to strengthening the health and well-being of gay men." HiM declares that their purpose is to, "...involve and engage gay men to improve foundations of their physical, sexual, social and mental health through research-based, community-minded, volunteer-driven activities. Our materials and programs are for adults and deal with gay sexuality positively and explicitly."

Ep.1 - A Movie Romance 
Synopsis: Four young gay guys use online ads to explore the complexities of monogamy, open relationships, group sex and bathhouse culture, while the HiM team talk to six protagonists who share the most personal aspects of their lives.

Ep.2 - Four or More 
Synopsis: Here the guys discuss group sex and sex parties. It quickly becomes clear that they have little experience with either, so the HiM team introduces us to Eduardo. He's been a host and attended dozens of sex events and he shares some practical tips he thinks will help to get the guys in the mood.

Ep.3 - Sex in a Box 
Synopsis: Sexual risk is discussed in the episode and Brendan gets a "lesson in bathhouse culture." Plus, Richard gives the HiM team a detailed tour of the bathhouse while describing his policy on HIV disclosure and condomless sex.

Ep.4 - Three's Company 
Synopsis: The guys discuss threesomes and polyamorous relationships. The guys explore their own comfort level with a ‘third’, and the HiM team chat with Michael, Tyler and Blair about three-way love.

Ep.5 - Double Taboo 
Synopsis: Substance use is the primary subject for this episode, while the HiM team talk to Raj about his time in the PnP scene (Party 'n' play), addiction and recovery. This is a short but rare glimpse into a subculture that values discretion because of the stigma associated with this double taboo.

Ep.6 - A Numbers Game 
Synopsis: Things get real in the series finale when condoms, harm reduction and sexual safety are described for the HiM team. Our protagonists share their experiences navigating sex with a partner whose HIV status is different, building trust and contracting STIs.

Episode 13 - "Silver Screen Lucy"

Synopsis: Famous Hollywood director Steven Franchise arrives at the Gurney Orphanage and offers to adopt the orphan who can produce the best movie. The orphans begin work on their movies except for Sammy and Brian who are still fighting over Isabella being stuck to Brian's magnet. While Seymour makes a silent movie and Aldous does her version of a romantic comedy Princess Lucy recruits Armie and Charlie to work on her movie, "Gone With The Breaking Wind." After Brian points out that she's a master manipulator Princess Lucy decides to become a director and use Sammy's feelings for Isabella to control him into becoming her star! Steven Franchise views the orphan's movies at the Gurney Film Festival and announces his surprising adoption choices.

NOTE: This episode concludes the series. Have you missed any of the previous episodes of "What It's Like Being Alone"? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes

Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 13 (part 1 of 4)

  Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 13 (part 2 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 13 (part 3 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 13 (part 4 of 4)

Episode 12 - "The Frightful Flu"

Synopsis: Aldous sets out to write the world's most depressing poem but is distracted by the sickness that's sweeping through the orphanage. Unable to deal with both caring for the other orphans and writing her poem Aldous hires a formerly evil witch to help out! Aldous begins to suspect that the formerly evil witch she hired is sliding back into her old habits which leads to a showdown between Aldous and the Witch!

Have you missed any of the previous episodes of "What It's Like Being Alone"? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes

Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 12 (part 1 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 12 (part 2 of 4)




Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 12 (part 3 of 4)




Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 12 (part 4 of 4)

Episode 11 - "Armie Loves Cigarettes"

Synopsis: After a bleaker than usual period at the Gurney Orphanage Armie hears about Cool Carl, the only Gurney orphan to ever get adopted. Armie tries to copy Cool Carl's style and becomes a complete jerk. Princess Lucy decides that curing Armie of his smoking habit will prove that she's not self absorbed!

Have you missed any of the previous episodes of "What It's Like Being Alone"? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes

Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 11 (part 1 of 4)


Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 11 (part 2 of 4)


Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 11 (part 3 of 4)


Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 11 (part 4 of 4)

Episode 10 - "Lucky Lucy"

Synopsis: Brian finds himself forced to try and give Beasly & Byron a bath while Lucy and Sammy make a wager. Now obsessed with gambling Lucy sets up a casino in the orphanage and cleans out her fellow orphans while Brian's attempts to bathe Beasly & Byron merge Armie and an ape together! Lucy wagers the Gurney's deed on a horse race and loses to Baron Corsicoff, the world's most successful gambler. Having lost everything Lucy bets the Baron that she can clean Beasly & Byron. If she wins they get all their stuff back, if he wins he gets Beasly & Byron for his freak show!

Have you missed any of the previous episodes of "What It's Like Being Alone"? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes

Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 10 (part 1 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 10 (part 2 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 10 (part 3 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 10 (part 4 of 4)

Episode 9 - "A Tale Of Almost Unbearable Sadness"

Synopsis: Despite being rejected by adoptive parents yet again at least each of the orphans has a treasured possession to comfort them. But that changes when something steals them! The orphans try to get by without their treasures until Seymour shows them that everything was spirited into the Hapless Forest from which no one has enters has ever returned! The orphans enter the Hapless Forest but Seymour gets separated from the others!

Have you missed any of the previous episodes of "What It's Like Being Alone"? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes

Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 9 (part 1 of 4)


Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 9 (part 2 of 4)


Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 9 (part 3 of 4)


Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 9 (part 4 of 4)

Episode 8 - "Sammy's Episode"

Synopsis: Sammy's morning routine is interrupted when he becomes aware that we're watching him. Aldous takes charge of trying to cure Sammy of the delusion that people are watching them. Brian takes charge of Sammy's treatment using psychotherapy and lots of drugs.

Have you missed any of the previous episodes of "What It's Like Being Alone"? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes

Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 8 (part 1 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 8 (part 2 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 8 (part 3 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 8 (part 4 of 4)

Episode 7 - "Red, White & Orphanage"

Synopsis: Aldous and Brian are awakened from their disturbing dreams when a new orphanage is constructed near the Gurney. Despite being forcibly acquired by the new orphanage Brian Brain begins to see this as a tremendous opportunity! Brain becomes a complete megalomaniac and builds a doomsday weapon so he can take over the world for his new friends! The other orphans decide to intervene before Brian destroys The Gurney Orphanage!

Have you missed any of the previous episodes? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes

Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 7 (part 1 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 7 (part 2 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 7 (part 3 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 7 (part 4 of 4)

Episode 6 - "Fire The Reverend"

Synopsis: The trigger-happy Reverend Gamble visits the Gurney Orphanage with his bible and crossbow! The Reverend Gamble decides that Charlie is either Satan or Satan's Son and in need of a crossbow shot in the head! The real Son of Satan appears in the Gurney Orphanage but Lucy thinks he's just an ugly baby. Charlie tries to save the world by reconciling Satan and his son before Armageddon begins!!!

Have you missed any of the previous episodes? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes


Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 6 (part 1 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 6 (part 2 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 6 (part 3 of 4)




Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 6 (part 4 of 4)

Episode 5 - "The Poster Child"

Synopsis: Aldous reveals that she has a curse that will kill her in 24 hours! Also, two Advertising Executives arrive at the orphanage supposedly to adopt a child. Aldous has to decide if she'll stay true to her principles and die of the curse or sell out and get adopted and exploited for her publicity value!

You Might Have Missed
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 1: "Being Alone For Beginners"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 2: "Do Orphans Dream Of Electric Parents?"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 3: "An Orphan's Life Indeed"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 4: "The Perfect Lesson"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 5: "The Poster Child"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 6: "Fire The Reverend"

Have you missed any episodes of "What It's Like Being Alone"? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes

Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 5 (part 1 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 5 (part 2 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 5 (part 3 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 5 (part 4 of 4)

Episode 4 - "The Perfect Lesson" 

Synopsis: Violent fun and games are interrupted by the news that another pair of potential adoptive parents are on the way. The orphans decide to follow Nanny Goodapple's suggestion to stage a play to prove who's the best choice to adopt - but - directorial differences threaten to wreck the play!

You Might Have Missed
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 1: "Being Alone For Beginners"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 2: "Do Orphans Dream Of Electric Parents?"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 3: "An Orphan's Life Indeed"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 4: "The Perfect Lesson"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 5: "The Poster Child"
What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 6: "Fire The Reverend"

Have you missed any episodes of "What It's Like Being Alone"? Click the link to get caught up! What It's Like Being Alone: All Episodes

Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 4 (part 1 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 4 (part 2 of 4) 



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 4 (part 3 of 4)



Watch: What It's Like Being Alone - Episode 4 (part 4 of 4)

Posted by Shane Smith , Editor of Stonewall Gazette


Episode 3 - "An Orphan's Life Indeed"

Synopsis: Princess Lucy decides she needs a BFF (Best Friend Forever) so she tries to get to know her fellow orphans one on one (to find her BFF). What could possibly go wrong?!

Posted by Shane Smith , Editor of Stonewall Gazette


Episode 2 - "Do Orphans Dream Of Electric Parents?"

Synopsis: Spurned by potential parents he considered ideal Brian Brain decides to construct his own robot parents!!! Brian introduces his new parents to the other orphans and basks in their envy. But all too soon there's trouble in paradise!

Posted by Shane Smith , Editor of Stonewall Gazette

Princess Lucy arrives at the Gurney Orphanage

Ten years ago, a new series aired on Canadian television which I thought was very funny. What It's Like Being Alone had a queer sensibility about it. Created by Brad Peyton, the show told the story of orphans and their desire to get adopted. The main character is the sassy Princess Lucy and I loved her diva demeanor. In fact, I found all the characters endearing in their quirky ways with excellent voice work by Stacey DePass, Adam Reid, Dwayne Hill, Julie Lemieux, Peter Cugno, and Andrew Sabiston. This black comedy was not a ratings success but does have many fans. Thirteen episodes were produced and I'll be posting a new episode each day till the end of the month - hope you like it, too!

Jake Wilson (actor and creator of the series The Battery's Down)

There's a new online TV show debuting called The Battery's Down. According to Broadway World the series premiere episode (The Big Apple) will feature many of Broadway's most popular performers such as: Jonathan Groff, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Michael Arden, Kadin Craig, David Hull, and Rachel Hoffman. The Battery's Down will chronicle the life of a struggling actor, Jake Wilson, while he tries to make it BIG in New York City. Sounds fun!

THE BATTERY'S DOWN
"The Big Apple" Episode 1, Part 1 (10 min)