Gaycation (2016)
aka 同志假期
Elliot and his best friend Ian set off on a personal journey to explore LGBTQ cultures around the world. From Japan to Brazil, Jamaica to America, they discover the multiplicity of LGBTQ experiences, meeting amazing people and hearing their deeply moving stories of struggle and triumph. Gaycation celebrates the state of LGBTQ identities across the globe.
Cast
Episodes
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In this special presentation of Gaycation, Elliot Page and Ian Daniel travel to Orlando in the wake of the massacre at Pulse nightclub.
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In this special presentation of Gaycation, Elliot Page and Ian Daniel go beyond the headlines and take a look into what the Trump administraton could mean for the LGBTQ community.
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Elliot and Ian are in Japan, on a journey which includes getting friend-married at a Buddhist temple, working at a rent-a-friend agency and partying in the world's smallest gay bar.
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Elliot and Ian arrive in Rio during Carnival to find out how Brazil’s queer community live in a place with the highest LGBTQ murder rate in the world--a journey which eventually leads them to one of the most dangerous confrontations of their lives.
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Elliot and Ian touchdown in Jamaica and explore how the queer community is seen through Jamaica’s most iconic exports - dancehall music and the ‘one love’ philosophy of Rastafari.
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Elliot and Ian take a road trip from Iowa to NYC. In the battle between religious liberty and the fight for queer rights, they see the highs and lows of the LGBTQ movement.
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Elliot and Ian head to Ukraine two years after the revolution and meet with the LGBTQ activists fighting for visibility and equality in a post-Soviet nation.
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Elliot and Ian explore India with guides from the local LGBTQ+ community to try and understand how the country can evolve and still maintain its’ deep-rooted traditions.
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Ian travels to France, a city he once lived in as a student, to look at what it's like for LGBTQ persons whose stories and struggles are often hidden.
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Ian sets out on a road trip across the Deep South to explore the culture of local queer communities as well as the serious issues and stigmas that they still face.