Queer Thinking

Guys, I’ve always been pretty resistant to the whole NoH8 photo movement, feeling as though it was one big vanity project.

However, the cause does bring great awareness to civil and marriage equality: these two issues have become very hot-headed debate points in today’s society. The NoH8 movement has made great strides in bringing people of visibility and social stature to a place where they can share their stance and support for a movement centered upon equality. I finally agreed to have my NoH8 photo taken when Tim Sullivan, Director/Writer of Chillerama and “I Was A Teenage Werebear” requested personally that I come on board with him and my costar Anton Troy in doing a video meant to help integrate horror fans, queer fear lovers and denizens of the gay community on a front that would communicate our support and love for our worlds that meet at the convergent point that “I Was A Teenage Werebear” has become.

I’d like to get very much to share the message we are bringing to everyone in our video, so thank you in advanced to enbedding it to your Facebook profiles and pasting the link in to your Twitter pages.

I agreed to include myself in this video clip in the hopes that the message would ring loud and clear to any person suffering from prejudice or hate:

While we may not be there enduring it at your side, we’ve all felt like the outsiders, the minority, or even weak for our differences.  I merely want those suffering to know that each and every one of us has the right to find our way through it and discover our place of happiness and love. I grew up feeling as though my position as an outcast in my high school, and even my family, would never end. That I would never find my place in the world. I even began to think that there wasn’t a place for me – that being alone forever was inevitable and that I would never have anything special to impart upon the world. And then one day I stood up and realized only WE can fix ourselves, change our lives, and make the kind of difference that will matter on an individual level.

It doesn’t get better until we make it better for ourselves.

I’m scheduled for a phone interview with Derek and Romaine of Sirius XM Satellite Radio May 6th at 7PM EST / 4PM PST.

THAT’S TOMORROW, FRIENDS & LOVERS!

The interview will last about 10-15 minutes. 

It will broadcast live on Sirius XM OutQ 108.

Listeners and fans are welcome to participate by calling 866-305-6887.

Please do call in! I’d love to hear from you!

For those who don’t subscribe to Sirius: 

A free online trial is available at www.Siriusxm.com.

The latest Brent Corrigan headline news officially broken including details about my upcoming mainstream release: Chillarama “I was a Teenage Werebear”.

You can read the article at THE HUFFINGTON POST as well as listen to the original recorded interview. The article is great, and many thanks to Lee Stranahan – however, if you’re looking for real information and you want to get a sense of the process of everything from being cast to shooting the film, you should also take some time to LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW. It’s far more generous & informative. Your comments of encouragement there at The Huffington Post are always greatly appreciated. But please, don’t clog up The Huffington Post feed with dirty, sexualized rhetoric. Let’s take this chance to prove there’s more to gay men than Just The Sex.

While “Werebears” is set in 1962, it’s themes are current & valid today.  It recognizes the plight for acceptance, tolerance, and how that struggle is often met with adversity in the form of bullying & taunting.  Bullying it not a new phenomenon; though it is finally getting the attention demanded of it. In a time when gay youth’s future seem bleak in light of the recent rash of gay suicides I hope people of all walks of life can take from “I Was A Teenage Werebear” the message that being different isn’t a shortcoming but an edge! There is a place for each an every one of us as individuals in this world.  I recognize that my controversial background made me a risk factor in taking me on as the lead and I believe this shows great promise in the world if an accredited (straight!) group of filmmakers are willing to set it all aside to make something fun & enlightening with a twisted, dark element to it. Maybe as a whole, Chillerama is a film not meant to be taken too seriously. Sometimes by lightening the load a bit we are more successful at reaching people. Rifkin, Lynch, and Green (the other directors involved in the film Chillerama) have have provided a platform for Tim and the rest of us involved with Werebears to send valuable lessons and teachings out into The Universe in a way that they might be heard by everyone – not just the gay community.  That is the true beauty in all of this!

Now, don’t get confused and frustrated on me. You will notice the film’s producers and director have chosen to bill me under my legal name Sean Paul Lockhart. As far as mainstream is concerned, this decision has been long time coming. It wasn’t a question of whether to do it, but when to do it.  While I am not attempting to hide my adult career from anyone, my mainstream work does require a fair amount of distance from it. Can it be achieved? Only time will tell. Please understand that I am not turning my back on my roots or doing any of this to forget about all of you here, whom I love and care for very much.

If you follow me closely enough you’ve likely been able to tell for quite a long time that living & breathing the adult industry is leaving a vast void in my life. I’ve always wanted to be a story teller, a filmmaker and some variation of artist. Being an actor is a part of those goals. So is being an adult star.  I have another article releasing in Frontiers Los Angeles Magazine featured on Jason Sechrest’s website called “10 Things You Don’t Know About Me” that also addresses some of this. So, in an effort to avoid the broken record effect, I’ll wait to address those until Jason can come out with the bag of trick’s he’s been hoarding.

I understand the daunting task of attempting a true gay porn to mainstream crossover. I realize it’s never truly been done on a widespread scale. Am I scared? Sure, I’m a bit nervous about the prospect and how truly possible any of it is. But fear has never held me back. I’m a fighter.  Don’t we know that about me yet? I push back when The Universe says “No”. That coupled with my talent & intellect (and maybe a decent looking “mug”) is what is going to take me there. Perseverance is priceless.  Will you stand by me knowing that one of your very own is working to break barriers and boundaries set in place for tens of years?  You stand by me and I will never forget you.

Your Friend & Lover,
Sean Paul Lockhart aka Brent Corrigan