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    FLICKer: The First Saturday of May

    October 23, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    The First Saturday of May is a short film that follows the story of an Irish-Traveller father as he struggles to raise his son to be the man he was destined to be. As a well-respected figure in his community, Paddy yearns for nothing more than to have the perfect family, however, pushing his son to be the next man of the McDonagh family will only drive a bigger wedge between them. You never know what’s happening behind closed doors.

    ****TW: violence towards a minor

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    FLICKer FADE SUNDAY: The Definition of Lonely

    June 7, 2020

    BLOG TOUR: Kidnapped Killer by Nina R. Schluntz (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 17, 2023
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    FLICKer: Heartdrop

    October 16, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    This touching and bold short film follows Dylan and Max, a young queer couple in a small town, as they navigate issues of identity, secrecy, and intimacy. One of them embraces their true self, while the other conceals it behind the facade of societal expectations. But a hidden phone feature becomes their quiet way to express their authentic selves… Will love survive the pressure to decline — or will they both keep choosing accept?

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    May 1, 2020

    RELEASE TOUR: Kicking It In Vegas by Riley Long (Giveaway)

    August 7, 2023

    DESERT ISLAND CASTAWAYS: H.L. Day

    November 14, 2023
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    FLICKer: Leaving

    October 9, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    Daniel is a gay Jamaican immigrant who is under threat of being deported from the US and must confront his virulently homophobic father for assistance with applying for a green card.

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    FLICKer: Trunks

    July 29, 2021

    FLICKer: Coming Out With The Help Of A Time Machine

    July 24, 2025
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    FLICKer: The Postcard

    October 2, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    A post office clerk mistakenly thinks that a customer is trying to get her attention by writing open love letters on postcards…

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    FLICKer: Illusion

    September 25, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    A wizard is concealing a secret from his partner. Although their love seems to flourish, this hidden secret prevents their relationship from progressing. Will their relationship remain this way forever?

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    January 14, 2024

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    BLOG TOUR: A Husband For Hartwell by J.A. Rock & Lisa Henry (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    FLICKer: Short Calf Muscle

    September 18, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    Anders is different. But he doesn’t know that. Yes, he’s also gay, but that’s not the point here. There is also this thing that others see but he doesn’t.

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    April 10, 2025

    RELEASE BLITZ: Death Of The Moon by S.A. Pavlik (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    April 14, 2022

    BLOG TOUR: Jade: First and Last by M.D. Grimm (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    July 28, 2023
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    FLICKer: Halfway

    September 11, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    Saarth and Nakul drifted apart. Can the sound of waves during a mixed-up meeting on Mumbai’s Juhu Beach wash up what once was?

    Halfway is a tender, atmospheric Indian queer romance that explores heartache, nostalgia, and the quiet longing between two men who want their love to last.

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    February 29, 2024

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    August 19, 2024

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Impulse Caught by Emily Carrington (Excerpt)

    March 11, 2026
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    FLICKer: Landslide

    September 4, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    A completely new version of Wade Radford’s 2017 feature film ‘Caught in a Landslide’, the new short ‘Landslide’ reimagines the original footage through only visuals, poetry & music.

    Jay drifts in and out of a Valium daze remembering his lost love. Through tormenting visions of places traversed, and encounters with the presence of his former lover, he begins to lose a grip on what is reality, and what is not!

    Completely remapping the original film, ‘Landslide’ is an alternate mediative short film version on his original poetical fantasy, one based on the process of addiction, grief and rebirth!

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    AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Paolo G. Grossi

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    FLICKer: Every Waking Moment

    August 28, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    It’s 1963, a classical recital plays on British television – Edward Talbot, a composer, accompanies Alistair Percy, the singer, as they perform for a small audience. Hidden behind the veil of conformity, the two are in love, the creator and his muse. Edward is wracked with fear, his love is illegal and the vulturous dangers lurk around him, his only consolation is his lover and his music.

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    November 11, 2019

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    June 14, 2024

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    September 17, 2023
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    FLICKer: Sunset Lullaby

    August 21, 2025 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    In the near future androids live amongst humans, indistinguishable from their biological counterparts. every 25 years they undergo a system reprogramming process wiping their memory. Sharing one final day together, Adam struggles to come to terms with losing his android lover, Noah, as his feelings and memories begin to reset, erasing their time together at sunset.

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    February 11, 2025

    MUSIC MONDAY: To Let Go by Quarters of Change

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neverhollowed Never Hollowed By The Stare @neverhollowed ·
19 Mar

FLICKer: Balloons #shortfilm

This is a short film about falling in love with someone who isn’t ready to be seen with you. It’s about shame, first love, public affection, and losing someone before you ever got to be real with them.

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19 Mar

He hears my confessions.

Now he can’t unhear them.

RELEASE BLITZ: Unholy by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine



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19 Mar

Wanted: The Chance To Find Love Without My Heart Getting Totally Rucked

RELEASE BLITZ: The Fullback by Charlie Novak



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19 Mar

Everyone is a little broken

RELEASE BLITZ: Dead Nights by Crea Reitan



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