Three
of Hearts (a documentary about two bisexual men and
a straight woman), My Gay Husband, Cooking's a Drag,
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the 1972 gay movie
That Certain Summer, blogs by two gay men (one
about Project Runway), and Fashion Video,
featuring "the Men's Bikini Open and in-depth profiles
of male models in The Models: The Men" (I'm
really not making that last one up).
What
do they have devoted to the women in the "LGBT audience"?
A segment in which a Latina lesbian talks about the 9/11
tragedy. No, I'm not kidding, that's really all they have
for lesbian and bisexual women so far.
It's
getting so easy to point out Bravo's ongoing
hypocrisy when it comes to representing lesbians,
it's almost no fun anymore, like shooting fish in a barrel--witty,
gay fish in flamboyant outfits, with "No Girls Allowed"
stamped on the barrel.
I'LL
NEVER GET ANY WORK DONE AGAIN
While the lesbian pickings might be slim on Bravo's upcoming
"gay and lesbian" entertainment site, there's
a wealth of lesbian entertainment to be found at YouTube.com,
the video sharing website with millions of user-submitted
videos that can be easily (and freely) watched by anyone
with an Internet connection and a browser (no special
viewer software required).
There
are some official videos worth checking out, like the
trailer
for Loving Annabelle and a compilation
of Luce and Rachel's scenes in Imagine Me and You.
But the real treasure is all the fan-created music videos
devoted to lesbian characters and storylines from movies
like Tipping
the Velvet D.E.B.S.,
and Saving
Face, and TV shows like Once
and Again, Degrassi,
and even Spain's Hospital
Central.
Not
surprisingly, there are tons of videos devoted to The
L Word, including this
funny homage to Bette set to the '90s song "I'm
Too Sexy", and this more serious ode
to love and heartbreak on Season 3, set to Daniel
Bedingfield's "If You're Not the One". There
are also more South
of Nowhere videos than you can ever watch, like this
compilation
of Ashley and Spencer's final scenes, and a nicely
edited "Spashley-Malex"
music video, which uses Audioslave's "Be Yourself"
to pay tribute to Ashley and Spencer, and Alex
and Marissa from The O.C.
But
my favorite lesbian-related video so far? This very clever
combination
of the British trailer for Imagine Me and You
and the characters from South of Nowhere.
It's truly brilliant.
In
related news, the first season of Buffy
the Vampire Slayer is now available to download
on iTunes. And did I mention that on You Tube, there
are 407
videos devoted to Willow and her girlfriends?
God
bless lesbians with technology and too much free time--they
truly do make the world a better place for all of us.
That's
it for this week! Check back next Friday for a new installment
of Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. or read past
installments here.
