TV Show

Gaycation

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.

TV Show Stats +8%

2 seasons

8 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

2016

Rating

TV Show

5.7/10

23 votes • HD

Season 1

4 episodes
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Japan
Episode 1

Japan

Episode 1 • Mar 02, 2016

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.

10.0
44m
Brazil
Episode 2

Brazil

Episode 2 • Mar 09, 2016

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.

10.0
44m
Jamaica
Episode 3

Jamaica

Episode 3 • Mar 16, 2016

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.

8.0
44m
USA
Episode 4

USA

Episode 4 • Mar 23, 2016

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.

7.5
44m

Season 2

4 episodes
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Ukraine
Episode 1

Ukraine

Episode 1 • Sep 07, 2016

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.

7.0
44m
India
Episode 2

India

Episode 2 • Sep 14, 2016

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.

7.5
44m
France
Episode 3

France

Episode 3 • Sep 21, 2016

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.

8.0
44m
Deep South
Episode 4

Deep South

Episode 4 • Sep 28, 2016

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.

7.0
44m