LOGO legitimized gay life as a TV subject. But YouTube and Vimeo have sparked a second gay video liberation. Now gay TV has gone viral, with a wide range of choices and quality. WEHOville offers some of the best gay web series (comedy and drama), music videos and one-offs online.
Gay Web Series: COMEDY
6 Ways Gay Guys Piss People Off
Pornomedy’s Jason Farone doesn’t hold back in calling out six ways gay people piss people off (but aren’t there more?) Read More | View series
Acting Out
A young gay actor tries to avoid being typecast by “faking it straight.” Read More | View series
Anyone But Me
A series that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in New York City and Westchester County, New York. Read More | View series
Bloomers
A group of friends in Los Angeles are tired of being in their 20-somethings although not quite ready to bloom into their 30-somethings. Read More | View series
Bob and Andrew
Bob, a newly out of the closet gay man, and his buddy Andrew, a hapless and socially awkward writer, navigate the day to day of their twentysomething lives. Read More | View series
Chicos Angels
Follow three Latinas who have been fighting crime, solving mysteries and falling in love in cha-cha heels since 2003. Read More | View series
Dates
Dates, a new (gay) web series by Alejandro Morales, is one of the best things to happen to same-sex dating in a long time. Read More | View series
Day Drunk Gays
From writer Ean Weslynn and director Ben Simons comes Day Drunk Gays, a comedy series about…well, gays who get drunk at brunch. Read More | View series
Drama Queenz
A comedy web series, now in its third season, about three friends and roommates dealing with life, love and auditioning in New York City. Read More | View series
Gay Nerds
GAY NERDS is a tongue-in-cheek web series about a group of gay nerds and their comic misadventures that parody popular television shows and movies. Read More | View series
Gay’s Anatomy
An independent comedy about three young urologists who work hard, play harder and touch your privates for a living. Read More | View series
He’s With Me
From Sebastian La Cause comes “He’s With Me,” a laugh-out-loud series about two friends. Ted is straight. Martin…isn’t. When they meet at Eddie’s wedding and become friends, the ensuing confusion shows how little they all know about being modern day men and how much they know about being there for each other. Read More | View series
Hunting Season
Based on the popular blog “The Great Cock Hunt,” Hunting Season follows gay New Yorkers and their straight friends navigating their love and work lives in NYC. A gay “Sex and the City.” Read More | View series
Husbands
A modern spin on the classic premise of the newlywed sitcom. Read More | View series
In Between Men
A sexy dramedy series that “follows four friends who are living in New York City ‘in between’ a gay world, whose clichés they don’t relate to, and a straight world they don’t belong to.” Cast includes Michelle Clunie (“Queer as Folk”) and Chase Coleman (“Boardwalk Empire”). Read More | View series
It Could Be Worse
From creators Wesley Taylor (“Smash”) and Mitchell Jarvis comes this dark-comedy series. Starring Taylor as “Jacob Gordon,” an actor who just can’t seem to catch a break between a grueling Broadway industry, his wacky parents and a clingy ex-boyfriend. Includes performances by a slew of Tony Award-winning and -nominated stars. Read More | View series
It Gets Betterish
A series about Glazer and Sullivan, two gay best friends dealing with all sorts of homosexual dilemmas. Read More | View series
Jenifer Lewis and Shangela
Follow the comic adventures of Ms. Lewis and Shangela as the show-biz mega-diva mentors the up-and-coming drag performer who lives in the basement apartment of her Hollywood mansion. Read More | View series
Mister App
Funny videos from the dating app that caters to older gay men and the young men who love them and shuns “meat-market” dating. Read More | View series
Mugs
Comedy and teen angst, all wrapped into one. Mugs follows Kevin, a high schooler, who gets his first job and becomes more comfortable with his sexuality. Complete with a cute coffee-worker named Charlie and a hilarious cross-dressing housemaid with an excellent accent. Produced and directed by Mckenzie Figueiredo. Read More | View series
Old Dogs & New Tricks
Four diverse and successful West Hollywood men, each middle-aged, wonder if their sex lives end as they approach 50. Read More | View series
Out With Dad
A series about a lesbian daughter coming out to a single father. Read More | View series
Queens
A comedy about living in, and with, Queens. Read More | View series
Roomies
Best friends Sam and Alex, both recently single, have found the perfect apartment. But there’s a catch: they have to convince their neighbors that they’re a couple to keep it. Featured exclusively on OML tello: The Lesbian Media Site. View the trailer
Steam Room Stories
Sexy guys serve up steamy comedy in a steam room. Read More | View series
The 3 Bits
“The 3 Bits” follows three siblings — Henry, Roman and Madison Bits — as they muck things up. The web series is made independently in Brooklyn and streamed everywhere. You’ll enjoy the three episode arcs for each sibling: Henry’s, about two young gays who don’t have a clue between them; Roman’s, a lesbian crime drama, and Madison’s, a “mommy blog on crack.” Created by Max Freeman and Margaret Singer. Read More | View series
The Log Jam
A series that follows three gay conservative lonelyhearts at a local gay Republican bar where owner and bartender Nancy Reagan offers stiff drinks and blunt advice. Read More | View series
The Variants
The web series that shows what it’s like to work the counter at your favorite comic book store. Read More | View series
The Vessel
A British comedy about becoming a surrogate for your gay best friends. Read More | View series
Tough Love
Tough Love, a sitcom web series about two roommates living in Queens. She’s a train wreck lesbian in denial, and he’s her uptight GBF. Read More | View series
Twenty Five
Twenty Five, a new web series following three young twenty-five-year-olds in New York City. Read More | View series
Wallflowers
A new comedy series about four “hopelessly single” friends in New York – Bryce, Daisy, Martin and Victoria – who all belong to a dating support group. Starring Chad Kimball (“Memphis”) as Bryce, a gay casting agent, and Gideon Glick (“it could be worse”) as Todd, a temp at his agency. Written and directed by Kieran Turner. Read More | View series
Weeklings! With Louis Virtel
Opinions on the week’s biggest news from AfterElton’s West Coast entertainment editor. Read More | View series
Where The Bears Are
This comedy mystery web series follows the exploits of three gay bear roommates living together in Silver Lake. Read More | View series [hr]
Gay Web Series: DRAMA
Conversations With My Ex
By FIFTY2&NINE comes an LGBT-themed web series about the complexities of relationships. Set in New York City, “Conversations with My Ex” focuses on three ex-couples (one gay, one straight and one lesbian) and their varying levels of modern interconnectedness. Featured exclusively on Gwist TV. Read More | View series
Eastsiders
“EastSiders” explores the aftermath of infidelity on a gay couple in Silver Lake. Read More | View series
Gossip Boy
Gossip Boy follows Jairus, recently turned 18, starting his life as a young gay man, and Mat, a 39-year-old who’s dealing with a recent breakup. A gay series that is both intense and sweet. Read More | View series
Hustling
Sebastian La Cause’s first series, a 2013 Webby Award Honoree and winner of three Indie Soap Awards. “Hustling” follows Ryan Crosby (La Cause), “a sex-worker who realizes he wants more from life when he turns 40. His path to transformation is filled with peculiar situations, sex romps and reminders of the life he’s trying to leave behind.” Read More | View series
Male Gays
Male Gays is a new web docu-series brought to you by director Blake Pruitt featuring young gay men sharing their experiences and opinions on queer life in a series of frank interviews. Read More | View series
The Boys Who Brunch
A series that follows four gay friends who meet for weekly brunch to talk about their hookups, loves and losses. Think “Sex and the City” meets “Queer as Folk.” Read More | View series
The Hinterlands
In The Hinterlands, a six-part musical miniseries, Paul struggles to keep his head above water as he confronts intolerance, his sexuality and the rocky path of adolescence. Read More | View series
The Horizon
One of the most watched gay web series in the world, The Horizon weaves a story of love and friendship (and drag!) in Sydney, Australia. Read More | View series
The Outs
A crowd-funded series about gay life in NYC that will make you feel something. Read More | View series
Whatever this is.
Another crowd-funded hit from writer-director Adam Goldman (The Outs). Whatever this is. follows Sam (Hunter Canning) and Ari (Dylan Marron), two production assistants in New York, and Lisa (Madeline Wise), Sam’s girlfriend. Read More | View series [hr]
MUSIC VIDEOS
Anthony Starble – Oh Father
Gay singer-songwriter, Anthony Starble, presents a candid take on the relationship between a gay man and his father. Set in a boxing rink, Starble’s touching song gives us an angst-ridden look at what it’s like to fight a father on being “different.” Read more | View the video
Blake McIver – Wish I Didn’t Need You
Child star turned hot go go boy, Blake McIver, debuts his new single “Wish I Didn’t Need You” with a sexy, gay video about love and loss. Read more | View the video
Cheyenne Jackson – Don’t Wanna
Know
Gay celebrity and Gossipmonger star, Cheyenne Jackson, brings one of his first music videos, a gay dance video about getting over your ex. Catchy song, cute dancers, and Cheyenne Jackson? We’re in. Find out more | View the video
Courtney Act – Mean Gays
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6 top three contestant, Courtney Act, releases a fun video about the “Mean Gays” of West Hollywood. Packed with hot boys, injection tans and protein powder. Find out more | View the video
Eli Lieb – Young Love
Out singer/songwriter, Eli Lieb, has been somewhat of a Youtube star as of late. “Young Love” put him on the map with its feel-good attitude and unapologetic subject of two gay boys in love. Starring Aaron Milo. Read more | View the video
Great Caeser – Don’t Ask Me
Why
Great Caeser releases “Don’t Ask Me Why” music video for MLK Day that features three interwoven stories of racism, homophobia and intolerance. It completely blows us away, and it’ll do it to you too. Read more | View the video
John Grant – Glacier
John Grant presents moving music video for “Glacier”, a pro-LGBT song featuring clips from US LGBT history showing intolerance and pride. Read more | View the video
Short, Back and Sides/Davey Wavey –
To Russia With (GAY) Love
Back from his world tour, Davey Wavey enlists the help of London barbershop quartet, Short, Back and Sides, to present a video of his thousands of fans signing a letter of support for Russian anti-gay victims. Find out more | View the video
Steve Grand – All American Boy
The first gay country singer to hit it big time and one of Out’s 2013 OUT100. Steve Grand is a cute taste of country that you’ve been dying to watch. Check out the video that made him a star. Find out more | View the video
Todrick Hall – Cinderfella
Todrick Hall’s gay take on the Cinderella story starring Willam Belli as a stepsister and Lance Bass as prince charming. With a charming message at the end. Watch more | View the video
Willam, Detox & Vicky Vox – Boy is a
Bottom
This hysterical parody of “Girl is on Fire” stars Willam, Detox and Vicky Vox singing to and harassing a “bottom” boy. View the video
ONE-OFFS
8 Types of Gay Guys I’ve Dated
– Buzzfeed
A BuzzFeed video takes a look at gay dating types — West Hollywood style. Read more | View the video
First Kiss (Gay Version)
New Zealand’s Love Your Condoms has created a “First Kiss” gay version, filled with sweet first kisses by strangers. Read more | View the video
#GayPropaganda – Stand with
LGBT Russia
#GayPropaganda has produced 3 outstanding PSA videos that recreate iconic images of the anti-gay backlash currently plaguing Russia. Read more | View the videos
GMCLA – We Shall Overcome
The Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus has posted a video contrasting its 1999 Moscow performance with the current anti-gay environment in Russia. Read more | View the video
Hunky Guys Sex Quiz
Youtube personality, Davey Wavey, asks hunky Bel Ami stars some questions about sexual lingo. Read more | View the video
It Gets Better Project – Dan and Terry
In September 2010, Dan Savage and partner, Terry Miller, started the “It Gets Better” movement with this video. Read more | View the video
Knowing
Impulse Group brings you a sexy PSA on knowing your status. Read more | View the video
Lucas and David
One WeHo gay couple’s heartwarming proposal video. Read more | View the video
Marry Me
Australia has done it again with Marry Me, a short film that follows a young gay surfer’s search for love. Read more | View the video
Not Looking
“Not Looking,” a parody of HBO’s “Looking,” gives a much needed jab at the “post-gay” show. Read more | View the video
RuPaul’s “Oh, Pit Crew”
WOWPresents will give us a tasty look at the boys in briefs from RuPaul’s Drag Race every Thursday during Season 6. Read more | View the first episode
OnlyinHelLA – Dinner in West
Hollywood
OnlyinHelLA‘s second vidseo centers on two friends…eating dinner…in West Hollywood. But it’s so much better than it sounds. Read more | View the video
Open
Impulse Group‘s second video in a series of PSAs on HIV awareness. Read more | View the video
RAMBO, BUT GAY
Writer-director Michael Serrato takes a movie known for its hyper masculinity and, with Mario Diaz, and spins it into a gay musical. Read More | View the movie
SHE4ME: Love is Love
Valentine’s Day PSA
SHE4ME presents a made-for-Youtube PSA for Valentine’s Day that captures a same-sex couple on their wedding day with music by Jen Foster. Read More | View the movie
(Trans)Formative
A Day in the Life of Desiree Jade Sol
WehoLife’s short biographical video about the life of Desiree Jade Sol of West Hollywood. Sol is active in the trans community and in civic affairs. She serves on WeHo’s Public Safety Commission, and state Assemblymember Richard Bloom named her the 2014 Woman of the Year for the 50th Assembly District. Read More & View the Video
Twin Twinks Learn Gay Slang (ft.
JacksGap) | Tyler Oakley
Did you know Tyler Oakley is in WeHo now? The popular Youtube-er went to London last September to visit two other famous vloggers, Jack and Finn, and teach them the language of the gays. See More | View the movie [thumb_list cats=”999″ num=”1″] [hr_dotted] For more info on gay web series, check out our favorite blogs: Deep Dish, Televisual, and Huffington Post.
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