Trak Gray (right) appears in the video too The creator of Love Your Condom’s ‘gay first kiss’ video says the rocketing number of hits and worldwide attention it’s received are amazing. The New Zealand AIDS Foundation’s safe sex promoting arm put together the video without a big budget, but with the help of volunteers, including the ten strangers who locked lips. It’s had more than 65,000 hits in just three days after being picked up by web heavyweights including Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post and The Advocate. Creator and featured kisser Trak Gray, who is the Foundation’s social media whiz, says it was “kind of like a project you’d do in your student flat” and is blown away by the reception. “Every time I look at it it’s gone up another few thousand views. Being on The Huffington Post was incredible and Buzzfeed just blew my mind. Being on sites like that is just so cool - and always being portrayed in a positive way.” He says the video is about people feeling “really awesome about being romantic with other guys”. Read The story behind 'Gay First Kiss' here
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First published: Wednesday, 26th March 2014 - 1:43pm