Bonus video! The lost queer films of the early 2000s

Hello there!

For this week's bonus video, I'm recovering from a bit of laryngitis but that can't stop me from chattering away about some intriguing queer films that you almost definitely have never heard of! As I've mentioned before, there are around 100 queer and queer-ish films, produced between 2000 and 2010, that vanished into a black hole due to some monkey business with a distribution company. The good news is that many of them are now available to watch online, which means that it's now possible to at least partially fill in a long-standing cultural void. Here's a rundown of a whole bunch of them, with links to where you can find them online.

Plus! A sneak peek at a new project I've just started, and that's already yielded a fun discovery. And a heads-up about something new that I'll be trying with the upcoming video about the movie Straight Jacket.

Here are links to watch the films that I talk about in his video:

• Beautiful Boxer: A biopic about a trans boxer in Thailand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4FGTDDZ4Lc 
• Breakfast with Scot: A gay couple experiences parenthood and hockey. https://watch.sling.com/1/program/38f55880df8ed7e89bd71e2b440e1275/watch 
• Cthulu: A Lovecraft adaptation with a gay lead. https://watch.plex.tv/movie/cthulhu?autoplay=1&utm_content=5d776844f59e58002189a4de 
• Cut Sleeve Boys: Two Asian men explore the gay scene in London. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ffhrv 
• Eleven Minutes: Jay McCarroll prepares for a fashion show after winning Project Runway. https://tubitv.com/movies/543949/eleven-minutes?start=true 
• Freshman Orientation: An edgy college sex comedy. https://watch.sling.com/1/program/802562f9a3a3d63bae4e6bcd8356826e/watch 
• Hellbent: A slasher set in in West Hollywood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmaxVnHVN9A 
• Holding Trevor: A drama about a young man trying to get out of a bad relationship. https://vimeo.com/243226384 
• I Can’t Think Straight: Two women from Palestinian and Indian backgrounds are drawn to each other. https://tubitv.com/movies/631183/i-can-t-think-straight?start=true 
• Ice Blues: A gay mystery! https://watch.sling.com/1/program/81f503a8e04fdf8b8758135d90a08cee/watch 
• Leather Jacket Love Story: Very indie, very 90s love story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shBvFw8Ax7E 
• Little Ashes: A love story between Dali and Lorca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyrq7JvfTLk 
• Margaret Cho: Assassin: A very political standup special: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ge1si 
• Naked Fame: Colton Ford goes from adult films to a music career: https://tubitv.com/movies/631182/naked-fame?start=true 
• Nina’s Heavenly Delights: A lesbian couple opens an Indian restaurant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAyx4CTsBao 
• No Regret: A love story about South Korean men in a violent world of escorts. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8e7du8 
• On the Other Hand, Death: Another Donald Strachey mystery! https://watch.sling.com/1/program/f21bbc59fa44d245aae5ebd6831d291b/watch 
• The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela: A sex worker starts over in Paris. https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/movies/5ff38061eff9b2001a7f74a2 
• Shock to the System: Strachey solves another mystery! https://watch.sling.com/1/program/98e031acffaad57698b3dfa829e61c0d/watch 
• ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway: An incredible look behind the scenes of the 2004 Broadway season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyg9Zq2InmA 
• Summer Storm: A German drama about coming to terms with being gay and in love with a teammate. https://tubitv.com/movies/711303/summer-storm?start=true 
• The World Unseen: A lesbian love story set in 1950s Capetown. https://watch.sling.com/1/program/ffbdaf3aa56cd1df8bc166eb174f4ae0/watch