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Contents:
- THE 24 MOST INIC GAY POP CULTURE MOMENTS OF ALL TIME
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
THE 24 MOST INIC GAY POP CULTURE MOMENTS OF ALL TIME
LGBTQ mic history is so much more than a timele of who me out when and which songs beme gay anthems -- ’s also about the artists who weren’t aaid to be themselv eras when dog so often had real risks attached. * gay pop culture moments *
The Stephen Spielberg-backed project tells the story of three drag queens — Noxeema, Chi-Chi and Vida, played by Wley Snip, John Leguizamo and Patrick Swayze rpectively — who take off on a cross-untry adventure to participate a huge drag pageant, stoppg a small homophobic town where they teach the lols about love and acceptance. ‘Yep, I’m Gay’April, 1997. “Will & Grace” buts on NBC, seamlsly brgg two gay seri regular characters to the livg rooms of Ameri.
K versn of the same name, the Amerin seri tells the story of five gay men and was ld for s scere pictn of the LGBTQ muny, quickly makg one of the most watched shows on Showtime. Rachel Maddow be the first openly gay anchor to host a major primetime news show the Uned Stat. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below1 The Brooksi snog, Jan 1994Mersey Televisn / Channel 4Not only was Brooksi the first UK soap to feature an openly gay character, but was also the first to pict a lbian kiss, grantg stars Anna Friel and Nila Stephenson stant notoriety.
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below4 Will & Grace, Sept 1998Andrew Eccl/NBCWhen Will & Grace first buted on NBC, no other primetime edy had dared st gay characters the lead, so 's a cred to everyone volved that the show would go on to w 16 Emmy Awards and rema popular enough to return over a after the first n end.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below5 Queer as Folk, Feb 1999Channel 4TV stalwart Rsell T Davi' first revolutn on Brish TV me wh his Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk, which portrayed the sexual liv of gay men wh an thenticy and ankns rarely seen before. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below10 Brokeback Mounta, Dec Featur Brokeback Mounta proved that gay romance uld ronate wh mastream dienc and crics alike, although the film ultimately missed out on wng the Osr for Bt Picture, spe securg actg noms for Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal the two lead rol.
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below13 Morn Fay, Sept 2009ABCWh s foc on three terrelated fai om var backgrounds, Morn Fay champned diversy many forms, most notably wh the cln of gay uple Mchell and Cameron, who adopted their dghter Lily, normalisg same-sex parentg the procs. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below14 Frank Ocean out, July 2012Getty ImagAdvertisement - Contue Readg Below15 Adam Lambert tops the charts, May 2012Warner his sophomore album Trpassg, Adam Lambert beme the first openly gay artist to top the Billboard charts Ameri (though very, very far om the first LGBTQ+ artist to achieve , of urse), helpg queer artists like Troye Sivan and Hayley Kiyoko fd succs today.