Bator Culture

Over the years there've been a number of films that take themselves a little too seriously. The overall success of these films can be the difference between self-awareness and self-indulgence, and often it's hard to tell the difference. A Message Film can unintentionally become a Camp Masterpiece or, worse, Great Big Bomb, by default of its own over-baked seriousness. Sometimes, a movie just can't get out of its own way, and that's why we love them so.

This is our second in a continuing series about gay and bisexual actors from classic television. Paul Winfield and Will Geer were remarkable actors who - like so many actors of their time - had to be discrete about their personal lives...

Antonio Da Silva’s films are completely unique, openly explicit, and erotically charged documents of man-to-man sexuality. Da Silva’s filmmaking often touches on the interactions between technology and hookups, and with Spunk (2015), he goes deep-in to examine and artfully decode our new world of digital media as it redefines

We started out at one point talking about how evolution involves creating ever greater circles of empathy: You belong to your family, then you belong to your tribe, then two tribes link up and now you have empathy for your people on this side of the river… on and on through villages, cities, states and nations…

Attendees at this year’s Healthy Friction event in Palm Springs were treated to a (un)dress rehearsal for Stake In The […]

It’s May… and we all know what that means… Masturbation Month… or what we like to call Maysturbation Month. Bators […]