
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.
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.
8 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
2016
Rating
5.7/10
23 votes • HD
People
Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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