“Builds an important space for a new set of identities to
be portrayed on the big screen.”
-Asia Pacific Arts
Mel and Ash are British-Chinese gay friends who studied together at university. After attending the funeral of a closeted friend from their university days the pair starts examining the crow's feet on their faces and questioning the meaning of the labels in their wardrobes. Mel, a vacuous and egotistical Scene Queen, believes that life is a beauty pageant with him always the winner. He rejects the love of Todd, a provincial boy from the Welsh valleys who moves to London to be with him, in favour of quick-fix sex to fight his insecurities. But how long can he sashay down the catwalk when his eye bags are getting bigger than his Gucci bags? Ash, on the other hand, is tired of the jaded gay scene where steroid bodies and the Atkins’ diet are the only offerings on the menu. He meets Diane (aka Dan) a transsexual from their college days with a butch and sexy ex-army boyfriend. Ash decides the only way for him to find a real man is to cross-dress. But will his foray into the wonderland of tranny burrows and tranny chasers bring him his dream man? With an underground drag club, sex in public toilet and an all male production of the Miss Pacific Rim Beauty Pageant, CUT SLEEVE BOYS is a quirky stir fried journey of self discovery and counts as a landmark cinematic makeover of the British-Chinese gay experience.
