Product Details

• Actors: Maurice Bonamigo, Terry Hamilton, Mark Harris, Steve May, Carol Newman
• Directors: Wash Westmoreland
• Writers: Wash Westmoreland
• Producers: Andy Cohen, Anne Clements, Fenton Bailey, Michael Kaufman, Randy Barbato
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Disinformation
• DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005
• Run Time: 63 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009ZBVPE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,652 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Gay Republicans" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

After years of relative obscurity, Log Cabin—the gay Republican club formed in California in 1977—has found itself in the National spotlight. George Bush’s unequivocal opposition to gay marriage put them at the forefront of one of the most hotly contested elections in years. With the issue of whether or not to support the President distilling into a stark choice between their civil rights and their loyalty to the party, 2004 forced the Gay Republicans to a crude decision: what was more important, being gay or being Republican?

This documentary follows a handful of Log Cabin members on their different paths to "Decision 2004." A stereotype-shattering, gut wrenching portrait of an organization in turmoil that is incisive, moving, disturbing and humorous.

Watch as POLITICS GETS PERSONAL.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, depressing, revealing., October 5, 2005

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Jason Barker "kittynboi" (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews
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I was eager to see this DVD once I heard about it's existance, and it does not disapoint. As a gay male, I have, like many other gay males, been perplexed at the existance of Gay Republicans. This DVD does not dig as deep as it could, but its primary focus was not the why of Gay Republicans, but their reaction to the events of the 2004 election.

Denial is not a term I use lightly at all, and I have to say that some of the people interviewed in this documentary are in a deeper state of denial than anyone I have ever seen, and I state that without any hyperbole at all. Some of them are genuinely conflicted people, who believe in smaller government, less taxes, pro american foreign policy, etc. and oppose the moralizing monstrosity of the religious reich, sometimes on the grounds of these principles. They were torn up by their own party inciting anti gay hate to win votes. But others, such as the spiky haired california pseudo hipster, or the sanctimonius straight laced money grubber in Florida, are nothing but arrogant Bush zombies, and in many cases they come off as holding certain opinions more out of shock value and the desire to upset "liberals" than out of genuine conviction.

This documentary deserves a follow up that digs deeper in to why a gay person would be a member of the GOP.

3.0 out of 5 stars Well, that was interesting., October 1, 2007

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lighten_up_already2 "lighten_up_already2" (Kirkland, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gay Republicans (DVD)

This documentary is really about how President Bush alienated gay Republicans by backing a proposed defense of marriage amendment to the US Constitution, resulting in the Log Cabin Republicans not endorsing Bush in the election of 2004. Still, this is an interesting look at a group of people that many might not suspect could even exist. I learned something.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sensationalism over substance., March 26, 2006

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Jake Krauss (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gay Republicans (DVD)

While the four subjects were evenly split between two decent people and two obnoxious loudmouths, the latter got quite a bit more screen-time. Rather than honestly showing how "gay Republican" isn't an oxymoron, something Newman and May might have been able to do if given a chance, the filmmakers instead decided to show Harris and Bonamigo endlessly making total fools out of themselves. I guess they decided that two intelligent human beings calmly and somberly discussing how difficult it is to battle the theocrats who have hijacked their political party isn't as much fun as letting a couple of self-righteous morons reinforce all of the bigoted stereotypes most gays believe about their more conservative brethren.