Gaycation / episode list
This episode list contains all episodes of the documentary web series Gaycation , sorted according to the first US broadcast. The episodes were doing a week on the website of the magazine belonging station VICE broadcast. From 2016 to 2017 there were a total of eight regular episodes and two special episodes, which were broadcast for the first time before and after the second season. A German broadcast date has not yet been set.
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | - | Japan | 2nd Mar 2016 | - |
| In Tokyo, Page and Daniel talk to Yo Chan, owner of the oldest and smallest gay bar in the city, Yo Chan Chi , who explains to them how the district has developed into an important meeting place for LGBT people. They then talk to Takuya, who runs the gay bar Cholesterol and has been selling his own sex toys since he became known through a viral video in which he practices oral sex. After Page asked the operator Chiga Ogawa questions about the not always easy situation of queer women in Japan in the lesbian bar Goldfinger , she and Daniel went to the "hidden" Onna No Ko Cafe , a safe place for trans women , in which cisgender men also wear women's clothes , Wigs and make-up. The next day they see in a comic book store Yaoi - Manga , while the author Yuki Keizer they enlighten about the situation of LGBT people in the country. After meeting Hata and Renge, heterosexual female Yaoi fans who are known as fujoshi , i.e. depraved women , and listening to a sexually suggestive Yaoi audio book with them in a karaoke bar, the moderators talked to the couple Kazuyuki and Minami Masafumi Yoshida, who as lawyers represent LGBT people in discrimination lawsuits and advocate the social recognition of their clients. In Kyoto , Page and Daniel visit a hotel for homosexual couples as well as a Zen temple that cooperates with them , in which legally unrecognized same-sex weddings are carried out. They are finally “married” as friends by the priest Takafumi Kawakami. Page and Daniel then talk to a homosexual businessman who wants to remain anonymous and is married to a woman so that his sexuality is not made public. In an interview with Kanako Otsuji , the first openly lesbian politician in the country, this page explains that homophobia has been present and internalized in Japan since the 1950s, but is not carried out publicly. At the end of the episode, after visiting a company that “rents out” family members and friends, Page and Daniel attend the private coming-out of a young man who “hired” a friend to support his project, and after a while Hesitation is accepted by his mother. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | - | Brazil | 9 Mar 2016 | - |
| At Mardi Gras , Page and Daniel meet homosexuals on the beach in Rio de Janeiro who report that, despite general acceptance in the country, there are often attacks on the community because homophobia is a part of society that is learned in childhood. At the Sambódromo , Page and Daniel get to know the choreographer Fabio Costa at the carnival , who lets Page try on costumes, after which she meets with her friend Ana Rezende, one of the singers of Cansei de Ser Sexy . This claims that an open approach to one's own homosexuality is largely not accepted, but is optimistic for the future due to LGBT-friendly changes in the law, despite the strengthening of religious rights. The following day, Page and Daniel meet Jean Wyllys , the country's first openly homosexual politician, who explains the statistics on homophobic and transphobic crimes (300 murders in 2015, accumulation of corrective rapes ) in Brazil. Page then goes to a lesbian bar in town, while she talks to some visitors about the challenges of everyday life for queer people, Daniel visits trans women who earn their money with sex work, including Priscilla, who has been prostituting herself since she was 13, in order to finance their gender reassignment measure . You live in the home of activist Luana Muniz, who founded several organizations for the rights of transgender sex workers. In São Paulo , Page and Daniel meet up with Carol Marra, a successful actress and model. She tells them about the transphobia in her family and everyday life, despite which she does not lose hope. Page then interviews politician Jair Bolsonaro about his statements about LGBT people in Brazil. He doesn't really answer their questions, but flirts with them. Shortly afterwards, Page has a conversation with Gilmaria and Marco, mother and partner of Tom, who was killed for his homosexuality, which she cannot end due to personal emotion. Eventually, Page and Daniel meet a former police officer with a covered face and a distorted voice, who calls himself "El Grande" and who murders LGBT people for a fee because of his son's homosexuality. When he learns of their sexuality, he lets them go with a threat and warning. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | - | Jamaica | 16. Mar. 2016 | - |
| After Horace Matthews explained his religion's rejection of homosexuality in Kingston , Leighton Mullins, travel planner for LGBT tourists, told Daniel and Page that patriarchal society and colonial past are causes of discrimination that are also not a problem for the rich, which is for the locals who report homophobic hostility. Page and Daniel Beenie then asked Man , according to which LGBT discrimination in the country is not as bad as it has been claimed, and that despite his dancehall songs criticized for homophobia, he has no problem with homosexuals. Next, Bishop Alvin Bailey reiterated that homosexuality was an "abnormal choice" and led to "sinful" practices such as fisting . In an interview, Mark Golding, the attorney general, mentions that he will eventually abolish a British law against sodomy , and he also hopes that the first Pride Parade will go off safely . Kandasi Levermore, head of an AIDS organization, then explains to Page and Daniel the general discrimination against AIDS patients, even in the community, after which the moderators talk to a young man who is being treated thanks to the organization. In a tent city, the two get into conversation with the residents. Trans woman Trina Bo $$ Bitch says she was shot, beaten and attacked with acid in her hometown, which is why she had to leave. Yvonne McCalla Sobers, a human rights activist, offers those affected further training and jobs. Next up is Angeline Jackson, a Barack Obama- honored LGBT activist who found her job after she was rape at a staged meeting and the police advised her to give up her homosexual "lifestyle". She believes the country will soon have anti-discrimination laws and same-sex marriage . Afterwards, Page and Daniel receive a message from Trina that some of the homeless people have been driven out of their tents, some of them physically, and now have no accommodation at all. Most recently, the moderators will meet with Simone Harris, co-organizer of the Pride Parade, who returned to Jamaica after a long time in the USA, where she has been campaigning for acceptance ever since. The next day the parade takes place, where the participants celebrate happily and undisturbed. | |||||
| 4th | 4th | - | United States | 23 Mar 2016 | - |
| After a meeting and powwow of the moderators with the two spirits Steven, Gayle and Rocky in Saskatchewan , the introduction of same-sex marriage is celebrated across the country at New York Pride , and Page receives praise for her outing last year. Then the data analyst Seth Stephens-Davidowitz explains that there is religiously motivated LGBT discrimination in the Bible Belt in particular , which is why the moderators go to Des Moines , where Page asked Ted Cruz about the topic, then the Christian family band The Bontragers names homosexuals as pedophile and zoophile sinners. The next interviewees Sumitra and Donna Red Wing tell of protests in the 1990s against an anti-LGBT constitutional amendment and their friend Francine, who was not allowed to see her partner Shelly in the hospital before she died. In San Francisco , Syd Blackovich describes how she came to the " fetish - wrestling art". The transgender activist Miss Major explains that there are still frequent attacks on trans women, and that non-whites have a very low life expectancy. In the St. James Infirmary , a social clinic and contact point primarily for transgender prostitutes, Star Amerasu compiles a database of violent suitors and explains the background to transphobic discrimination in labor law and acts of violence in the city. The next interviewees are Linda and Erika, mother and sister of the activist Taja Dejesus who was murdered in 2015 and whose case would have received little attention because of her transgender identity and social status. In the Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago , transgender and non-binary children and adolescents in particular are cared for from the age of three, including the adolescents Heather and Neil, who are undergoing gender reassignment measures, whereby Heather, unlike Neil, receives family support. Back in New York want the moderators by the artist Cakes Da Killa more about the origins of the Ballroom find out scene in which most non-white LGBT people as residents of so-called Houses in Balls compete competitions referred to today. In Los Angeles , where they live, Page and Daniel meet LGBT people who have become homeless due to familial homophobia and transphobia. Rocco Kaiyatos and Amos Mac, founders of Original Plumbing magazine , which is aimed at trans men, explain the contradicting situation (social acceptance despite low visibility) of their target group. In an old people's home for LGBT people, the gay widower Ed, the lesbian Andi and the trans woman Rosie talk about their lives. Page and Daniel then meet with Page's lesbian manager Kelly Bush Novak, with whom they discuss Page's motives and consequences of their public outing at a conference of the Human Rights Campaign . At the end of the episode, while surfing the web with her partner Samantha Thomas and Daniel, Page explains off-screen that she is confident about improved LGBT rights in the country due to the progressive mindset of young people. | |||||
First special episode
| No. | German title | Original title | First published in the USA | German language first publication (D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Gaycation Presents: Orlando | Aug 24, 2016 | - |
| After commemorating those who died in the attack at the scene , Page and Daniel visit Angel Santiago, who suffers from PTSD and no longer feels ashamed of his sexuality after the attack. Then the two meet with Eddie Meltzer, whom they accompany to the funeral of the couple Juan Guerrer and Drew Leinonen, which he organized. Then they talk to Demi Cachee and Sexia Lopez, the former feels guilty because she just happened not to be in the club . She tearfully explains that the Latin night was taking place at that time , which is why most of the victims were Hispanics , who, according to Lopez, no longer have a safe place. This is borne out by Nancy Rosado, who advocates for the LGBT Hispanic community in Orlando. She founded Somos Orlando , an organization that uses Latin American mental health specialists to take care of the grieving. In the suburb of Davenport, Page and Daniel attend a vigil for Amanda Alevar and Mercedez Florez, Alevar's mother thanks for the love and support received from strangers, while Florez's father publicly forgives the perpetrator. Then the moderators meet Mario and his roommate Fahd. While Mario talks about his seriously injured partner, Fahd, who left Pakistan because of his homosexuality , expresses his frustration and fear, as the focus on the perpetrator's beliefs would increase resentment against him and other peaceful Muslims . Page and Ellen then meet the openly lesbian city representative Patty Sheehan at a memorial for the dead. She wants to show the whole country the daily discrimination and hatred against the LGBT community, including by homophobic and transphobic politicians who expressed their sympathy for the dead after the attack. After visiting an LGBT-friendly church, Page and Daniel go to the Sunday Funday , a brunch for LGBT people, then dance with others at P House , the city's oldest gay club. Eventually they meet up with Meltzer again, who is attending the wedding of his best friends, which the bride and groom actually wanted to postpone, but finally decided against it because the community needed a little luck. After his statement that good people predominate, Meltzer sets off for the wedding. | ||||
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | - | Ukraine | Sep 7 2016 | - |
| In Kiev , Page and Daniel meet the drag artist Vladislav Shast, after he prepares Daniel as a drag queen, the moderators talk to Maxim Eristavi, one of the few openly homosexual journalists in Kiev, during Shast's appearance at the Pomada Club . Like the club, it was attacked by neo-Nazis , and Page and Daniel then go to their meeting. Nikolay Dulsky, the group leader, claims that they inspired young people across the country and grew steadily. Two weeks earlier, right-wing extremists attacked an LGBT festival initiated by Oleana Shevchenko, founder of the LGBT aid organization Insight , which made the difficult situation of the Ukrainian LGBT community known worldwide. Shevchenko said the patriarchal mindset made female voices difficult to hear, and the LGBT community should try to improve their situation despite the risks. After that, Page and Daniel meet Yuri Yoursky, whose education about homosexuality often fails due to widespread fear and false knowledge such as the view that children should be "converted". The moderators then meet with Ruslan Kukharchuk, who is leading a campaign aimed at introducing a law against “homosexual propaganda” in Ukraine. After Page and Daniel attend the unrecognized wedding of Tymur and Zoryan, Daniel embarks on the city's underground art scene, where he meets the fashion designer and performance artist Misha Koptev, who had to leave his home country and because of his openly negative opinion about Russia fears his life. After meeting the couple Marina and Marina, who had to move to Kiev due to homophobic violence in their environment, at a secret location for LGBT people, Daniel and Page talk to the trans man Fritz Von Klein, who does not follow his family to Latvia because he is not allowed to leave the country without sterilization . Page and Daniel go with Shast to Bobrynez , where he shows them around and narrowly dodges a former classmate whose harassment would have made him stronger. Back in Kiev, Page and Daniel attend a self-defense class in the city's LGBT center in preparation for the Pride Parade. At the end of the episode, Page and Daniel go on this, despite threats in advance, there are no major incidents at the event. | |||||
| 6th | 2 | - | India | Sep 14 2016 | - |
| After the writer Parmesh Shahani explains to the moderators in Mumbai that the cause of the illegality of homosexuality is colonial values and ways of thinking, Daniel talks to gay men at an LGBT dance night, while Page does not find any women. The next day they visit Padma Iyer, who is looking for a man for an arranged marriage for her son Harish through an advertisement . The next person we spoke to is the well-known LGBT activist Ashok Row Kavi. According to him, the various types of discrimination (public among men, private among women) and misogyny are responsible for the division in the LGBT community. Page and Daniel then go to the Gay-C charity for queer women. While one claims that it is easier than heterosexuals in India, another claims that the sexuality of all women in the country is invisible. Then another woman talks anonymously about her long-time partner's wedding to a man, which would free her. The moderators then come into conversation with a lesbian couple who had to leave their village and whose finances and papers remained with their families. Page and Daniel travel to Haridwar , where Guru Ramdev claims that he can "cure" homosexuality through yoga and spiritual practices and that he has nothing against gays, but that homosexuality is an "emotional problem" and an "abnormal and uncivilized lifestyle" and should not be exercised. Page and Daniel meet again in Mumbai on the popular pop formation Six Pack Band, who belong to the community of the non-binary hijra . Despite social acceptance and legal protection, many have to go begging because of high unemployment and a lack of family support. Finally, Page and Daniel meet the couple Jat and Lakshmi in New Delhi . Jat, a trans-gender aspiring Bollywood dancer, was medicated by his parents in the hospital and held for two weeks. Because of her relationship with Jat, Lakshmi's parents believed her to be a lesbian and imprisoned her, whereupon they both fled to New Delhi. With a pretext, Lakshmi's parents took her to a place to “pray away” her alleged homosexuality, which she refused and received a death threat from her father for it. Lakshmi and Jat advise LGBT people not to be ashamed of their identity. | |||||
| 7th | 3 | - | France | 21 Sep 2016 | - |
| In the gay district of the Marais in Paris , several men told Daniel that there were no problems with homophobia in France. The following day, at the Pride Parade, he meets the Lebanese- born activist Edwin Nasr, organizer of political prides de nuit against, among other things, LGBT hostility and racism . After the historian Sylvanie de Lutèce shows him the revue Bal Tabarin , Daniel meets the trans woman and revue star Bambi , who describes how she fought against typical role models at the beginning of her career despite police harassment. At Prude Pright , a nightly queer feminist party, the organizer Flozif explains that the situation of queer women in the country is improving, something that Afro-French DJ Marcus sees differently. Then the action artist Émilie Jouvet will present her current video project against the ban on artificial insemination for lesbian couples and single women. Daniel then goes to a swimming course run by the ACCEPTESS-T organization led by Giovanna Rancin , two participants describe their experiences as trans men in France. After Nasr explains the reasons for the underrepresentation of non-white LGBT people in the country, Daniels sexuality is communicated to the participants of a course run by the aid organization La Mission Locale de la Jeune Loire et ses Rivière in the Banlieue by the leader Abdelkader Raïlane so that they can be directly informed Encounter might rethink their ignorance of a minority. The next conversation partner is the homosexual Imam Nasser Eddine, who has more problems with Islam - instead of homophobia, and he also wants to get the community to talk more about topics such as racial profiling or refugees . In Beaucaire , Daniel meets the young mayor and Front National politician Julien Sanchez. He explains the popularity of the party among LGBT people with the fact that they agreed to the civil partnership law despite their conservative attitude, and that many French homosexuals would like the right not to have to constantly emphasize their sexuality. Nevertheless, the party is against other LGBT demands, as only the French national community is important. At the end of the episode, Rincon speaks about social transphobia at a pride de nuit , whereupon the participants, including Nasr, continue to protest together. | |||||
| 8th | 4th | - | Deep South | 28 Sep 2016 | - |
| In Austin , the religiously conservative, openly homosexual founder of the largest Texan online gun dealer, Central Texas Gun Works, Michael Cargill explains his situation as a gay Republican in the liberal city and his relationship with his democratic partner. Then Wendy Davis , a former Democratic MP in the House of Representatives, explains the popularity of anti-LGBT politicians and the threat of a health emergency due to the cancellation of local Planned Parenthood funding for rapid HIV tests. After Daniel spoke to the transgender, pansexual Ezra and Joseph about their age group's views on LGBT issues at the youth organization Out Youth , he met the sissy bounce dancer (a kind of queer hip-hop ) Daniel Ro Tyler, im in New Orleans Club The Vibe , owner Daphne Hargett, explains the importance of the place to the city's LGBT community. In Shreveport , Daniel meets a self-help group for those affected at the Philadelphia Center for AIDS Patients, then the couple Chanse and Joshua. Chanse is also a patient, but has a very low viral load due to the medication , Joshua takes PrEP for prevention . The latter and Daniel are doing negative HIV tests with health coordinator Michael Freeman at the Philadelphia Center . After a brief encounter with Justin Samson and Freda Mincey, who are promoting Confederate flag visibility in Alabama , Daniel, directed by Layne Taylor, the artificial director of the local Natchez theater, plays a Southern Belle before Taylor launches the LGBT State situation explained. In a lesbian community in the forest, Daniel talks to the older residents about their life stories. In Atlanta , Daniel starts talking to Dream Gomez, founder of the lesbian motorcycle club Fat Bottom Girls . In leather club The Eagle of the co-founder Sir Ray puts Daniel in a harness, then it meets the monthly BDSM -party Unchained , the Domina Lilith Le Fay. The next day, Daniel meets a gay couple who remain anonymous and who, despite their homophobia, regularly go to church. He then meets with Marquez Tolbert, who suffered third-degree burns when his partner's mother doused him with hot water. He and his mother Jaya talk about his outing, the nationwide attack and the lack of anti-discrimination laws for LGBT people in Georgia. After a conversation with Eric King, contact person for LGBT persons at the Atlanta Police Department, Daniel meets the trans woman and activist Ashley Diamond, who four years ago after a minor offense was taken to several high-security male prisons, where she physically and sexually abused fellow inmates. she was also denied hormone therapy . After her experiences became known and her lawsuit against the Department of Corrections, there were changes in the sex criminal law in Georgia, most transgender prisoners now have access to hormones, after their conversation she sings karaoke with Daniel at Wrecking Ball . | |||||
Second special episode
| No. | German title | Original title | First published in the USA | German language first publication (D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | - | Gaycation Presents: United We Stand | Apr 30, 2017 | - |
| In Washington , Aditi Hardikar, a former LGBT contact in the White House , fears a decline in LGBT rights in the country. Afterwards the moderators at Firas Nasr, founder of Werk for Peace , talk to demonstrators hosted by him about their motives and paint protest signs together. At a party for Trump supporters , Page and Daniel meet the gay journalist Lucian Wintrich , who wants to stand up against all forms of discrimination. The following day Michael Moore discusses his planned nationwide protests, which will last 100 days, after which the moderators speak with the Two-Spirit Courage, according to which several grievances led to Trump's presidency that his opponents could now look for solutions together. Afterwards, the moderators visit Casa Ruby , an organization aimed primarily at transgender and non-binary people, whose founder Ruby Corado explains its beginnings, and some residents comment on the election result. Page and Daniel met Katie Blair, director of an ACLU division in Indianapolis the next day , according to which some of Mike Pence's conservative acts were already known from his time as governor, so she was very afraid for the local LGBT community. The next interlocutor, photographer Mark Lee, who documents the community's struggle for acceptance and successfully protested with others against the cancellation of aid payments for AIDS patients, explains the importance of allies against discrimination. 14-year-old transgender Dan then explains his plan to educate others about LGBT issues. Then the moderators go to a Friday meeting of the youth organization IYG Indiana , at which some participants announce their planned activism, the young politician Dana Black then talks about her professional goals. In the popular gay bar Metro , Page and Daniel talk to Dianna Daniel, who reports on her growing acceptance of her son's sexual orientation. The following day, the moderators meet Dan's father Randy, who is doing research on LGBT topics to better understand his son. Finally, Page and Daniel take part in the Women's March , while Page explains off-screen that the people of the USA should unite despite the uncertainty and division. | ||||
Web links
- Episode list in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- List of episodes at Fernsehserien.de
- List of episodes on the official Viceland website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jordan Crucchiola: Gaycation Season 2 Trailer: Ellen Page Will Shatter This Oppressive Reality. In: New York . August 25, 2016, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Syeda Hasan: Ellen Page Shoots in India for Season Two of 'Gaycation'. In: India.com. May 19, 2016, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Jim Halterman: Gaycation's Ian Daniel Goes Solo to Explore France's LGBTQ Community. In: TV Insider . September 21, 2016, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Jude Dry: Ellen Page Talks Filming 'Gaycation' Orlando Special and How Coming Out Freed Her Creatively. In: IndieWire . August 26, 2016, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Koa Beck: Ellen Page and Ian Daniel Find the Hope in a Post-Trump Nation With Gaycation Special “United We Stand”. In: Vogue . April 30, 2017, accessed June 7, 2020 .