NEW POETRY FILM: COVERT OPERATIONS (2022)
‘I enjoyed this because as a gay man I can relate to the situation of men living double lives. Your poem, with humour, exposes this sad fact of people in years past being fearful of acknowledging their sexuality' ‘Brilliant depiction of the awful awkward sex education of so many secondary schools.’
‘The internalised homophobia in this piece is so important’
‘Adored the imagery of Grammar School Guy put on the fryer cos workers don’t want his voice in McDonalds. Going out and looking at him and wanting his burger in your baps, that’s the comedy! Grammar school guy is genius writing, almost with a tinge of innocence because it’s never going to happen’
This short animated poetry film explores the ways that queer people have to learn to covertly hide their sexuality very often before and after they realise they are gay/lesbian/queer etc. The film shares personal stories from my own experience as a gay man, and the different ways I had to navigate my homosexuality growing up through ‘covert operations’.
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