Queer sex was a prominent theme of independent film in 2006, with movies as different as Quinceañera, Puccini for Beginners, The and featuring various states of same-sex coitus — sometimes presented as romantic, but sometimes as exploitative or laughable. Then there was John Cameron Mitchell’s , which didn’t just depict gay sex as hot and satisfactory; it showed it up close, blowing many minds with its blend of cogent storytelling and on-camera masturbation, threesomes, penetration, and ejaculations.
