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'Tough Love' Launches Final Episode, Turns To Kickstarter To Save It<\/b>
\nOne of our favorite queer web series of 2014 may soon meet its end, unless it can raise the funds to keep us cracking up for another season.<\/p>\n

Popular YouTube web series “Tough Love” took the model of two best friends living in New York City and made them gay<\/a> — putting a twist what it’s like to be young, broke, queer and trying to make it in the Big Apple today. <\/p>\n

Stars Steven Bell and Blaire Wendel are now engaged in a Kickstarter campaign<\/a> in order to keep bringing us “Tough Love,” and the pair are only eight days away from the campaign’s end. <\/p>\n

In conjunction with the Kickstarter, “Tough Love” has released what could potentially be their final episode — unless the funding comes through. Called “The Sleepover,” it focuses on the dyanmics of gay<\/a> men<\/a> and straight women<\/a>, as well as the crumbling relationship of Wendel’s character.<\/p>\n

“I think the inspiration for this episode came from my early days of discovering I was gay<\/a>,” Bell told The Huffington Post. “There was a period where I knew I was gay<\/a>, but I told myself that I couldn’t be 100 percent sure unless I had been with a woman<\/a>. I’ve had a few female<\/a> friends who would have been totally down to ‘experiment’ with me, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. Women have never interested me sexually. There’s just nothing there. So, it was really exciting to write an episode where I got to explore all that.”<\/p>\n

Head here<\/a> to find out how you can help save “Tough Love” and here<\/a> to see more episodes from the series.<\/p>\n

Bell wants to give special thanks to Eternal Summers and Terrorbird Media for letting his team use their song “I Love You.” Check out Eternal Summers out here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/09\/22\/tough-love-kickstarter_n_5862260.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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