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Homosexuals In We Are Animals

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Director Sean Williams’ 2015 short film “Eden” and Dominic Haxton’s 2013 short film “We Are Animals” both depict societies attempting to tackle “the gay problem,” the mere existence of homosexuals, in two ways, incarceration and extermination. “Eden” follows the life of secret lovers, Adam and Everett, who are incarcerated in the dreary Eden Institute, a prison with the façade of a psychiatric hospital, designed for the purposes of torturous gay conversion. Despite making reference to the divine Garden of Eden, the Institute is more like hell. In the year 2042, being gay is not only a sin, but also a crime, as every gay male is locked away in the Institute where they await their turn to undergo treatment for their “sexual perversion.” In contrast, …show more content…

Due to their rebellion, the government has implemented two new methods of dealing with the problem. The first being quarantining all of the gays in a remote location in the hopes that they would simply die off from AIDS, the disease their apparent “lifestyle” has created. Generally, the American population is not opposed to this option as another news anchor says, “50% of Americans favor quarantine…just isolate them!” The second method, a more preferable punishment for not taking Celibron, comes in the form of “neutralization,” the Public Decency Clinic’s more pleasant term for castration. As the radio announces, “several members of the Pink Panther have been arrested for vandalizing property throughout the quarantine zone…the authorities have transferred the detainees to a nearby clinic for immediate neutralization,” the viewer is soon transported to a hospital room and given the opportunity to witness this procedure for themselves. In the room awaits a red-haired man, Peter McLuhan, with legs strapped down to a table in preparation for his procedure. He says he wants to feel everything but Nathan, his nurse responds, “we can’t do that, that’s inhumane,” to which Peter retorts, “since when did that stop anyone.” It is ironic that Nathan believes performing a procedure without giving

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