Ellen and Ian are in Japan, on a journey which includes getting friend-married at a Buddhist temple, working at a rent-a-friend agency and partying in the world's smallest gay bar.

Ellen and Ian are visiting Brazil during carnival, exploring Brazil's underground and gay culture and public cultural stances on LGBTQ equality. They also explore some leaders and a vigilante who are pro intolerance and hate crime culture.

Ellen and Ian travel to Jamaica, a country notorious for its homophobia, and explore how the area's gay community is perceived.

Ellen and Ian go on a road trip from Iowa to New York City, during which they explore both the progress and setbacks of the LGBTQ movement in the United States.